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1849 California Gold Rush
History of the San Francisco Fire Department
Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906
Who Perished List of Dead from the 1906 Earthquake
1906 Earthquake Photographs
San Franciscans Survive Titanic Sinking
Construction of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges
1989 San Francisco Earthquake
San Franciscos Response to the Oakland Firestorm
Chronology of San Francisco World War II Events
Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965-1969
Printed in an 1857 edition of
Hutchings California Magazine.
Words for this song may have been written by
John Swett
who, in 1863, became Californias Superintendent of Public Instruction.