APRIL 16, 1806: Hugh Toland was born in Newberry County, South Carolina. He founded what would become the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

APRIL 16, 1806: Hugh Toland was born in Newberry County, South Carolina. He founded what would become the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

In 1851, 46-year-old surgeon Hugh Toland moved with his family from Missouri to California to seek his fortune in the Gold Rush. After only a…

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APRIL 14, 1804: Carmen Sibrian de Bernal was born at San Juan Bautista Mission and later married and settled on a large ranchero in San Francisco.

APRIL 14, 1804: Carmen Sibrian de Bernal was born at San Juan Bautista Mission and later married and settled on a large ranchero in San Francisco.

Born in 1804, Carmen Sibrian de Bernal married Jose Cornelio Bernal in 1819. In 1834 Jose was granted 4,446 acres of land by the Mexican…

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