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Honest Henry Meiggs

At the time Henry Meiggs began his fraudulent use of San Francisco city warrants there was no money in the street fund, but the warrants were...
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The fraud of Henry Meiggs

The various improvements to San Francisco made by Henry Meiggs, such as the wharf he built, cutting a road around Telegraph Hill and the Musical...
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Henry Meiggs and Fisherman’s Wharf

Of all the business failures in San Francisco that year of 1854 the one that attracted the most attention, and perhaps the most important, was the...
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Columbus Day began with Italian Heritage festival in San Francisco

This weekend'ssunny Indian summer weather is atossup for visitors to San Francisco. Not only is it the national military festival of Fleet Week...
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The California Steam Navigation Company

At about the same time that gas was introduced into San Francisco there were more improvements underway. Proposals to cut down all the hills in the...
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San Fran's King of Poetry continues to inspire artists

  • Philip Hackett
  • December 16, 2010
A gust of wind breezes through the Beat Museum in San Francisco’s North Beach. An older gentleman with a gleam in his Irish eyes hands a...
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