1900 Archives - Page 9 of 11 -

OCTOBER 26, 1906: Six months after the earthquake that destroyed San Francisco, a grand jury was impaneled and ultimately indicted Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Union Leader Abe Rueg for bribery and extortion as part of what became known as the Graft Trials.

This story begins with the makeup of City politics in 1900. Political corruption was rampant. By paying off City officials, the Barbary Coast[1] brothels and gambling…

OCTOBER 19, 1909: The 5-Day Portola Festival in San Francisco officially commenced.

The name Portola originates from Spanish explorer Don Gaspar de Portola who discovered the San Francisco Bay on November 4, 1769 while exploring the California…