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OCTOBER 16, 1970: President Richard Nixon signed a bill establishing San Francisco’s Fort Point as a National Historic Site.

OCTOBER 16, 1970: President Richard Nixon signed a bill establishing San Francisco’s Fort Point as a National Historic Site.

In 1769 Spain discovered and settled in San Francisco, naming the area Yerba Buena. In 1794 the Spanish built the Castillo de San Joaquin to…

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SEPTEMBER 30, 1850: Jane Lanthrop married Leland Stanford in Albany, New York. Both husband and wife would play important roles in San Francisco history, with Jane Stanford’s death still an unsolved murder.

SEPTEMBER 30, 1850: Jane Lanthrop married Leland Stanford in Albany, New York. Both husband and wife would play important roles in San Francisco history, with Jane Stanford’s death still an unsolved murder.

Most San Franciscans know the story of Leland Stanford. He opened up a mercantile store in Sacramento with his brothers during the Gold Rush, once…

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