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JANUARY 6, 1905: A groundbreaking ceremony took place at what would become San Francisco’s Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park.

JANUARY 6, 1905: A groundbreaking ceremony took place at what would become San Francisco’s Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park.

The first polo match in San Francisco was held on November 11, 1898.  But the significant amount of funding for what became San Francisco’s polo fields…

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NOVEMBER 30, 1908: San Francisco Police Chief William Biggy mysteriously disappeared from a police boat in the San Francisco Bay.

NOVEMBER 30, 1908: San Francisco Police Chief William Biggy mysteriously disappeared from a police boat in the San Francisco Bay.

William Biggy was born in 1859 in San Francisco and served in the California State Senate from 1893-1897. He married twice and had two children….

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