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The European began their exploration of the San Francisco Bay Area and its various islands in 1592, but the San Francisco Bay was not mapped until 1775. Sir Francis Drake visited San Francisco in 1579. The Presidio of San Francisco and Mission Dolores were founded in 1776. In the 1820's ships from Boston first came to barter along the san Francisco coast, and in 1846, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived and settled in San Francisco. In 1848, gold was first discovered in California, which brought many other people from all over the United States westward, especially in 1849, in search of quick riches. The population of San Francisco and its surrounding areas increased quickly after that. The terrible San Francisco earthquake and fire occurred in 1906, and after that, the city was rebuilt. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1937, and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. In 1942, during World War II, Japanese-Americans, considered a threat to national security, were placed in internment camps in the San Francisco area. 1969-1971 marked the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island, formerly a federal prison, when the various Indian tribes claimed that the island...
San Francisco suffered another serious earthquake on October 17, 1989. Afterward, parts of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and several other sections of the city, needed to be rebuilt.
Important locations in San Francisco include the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the Presidio and Mission Dolores; the Mission District, the Castro District, Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39, a shopping mecca for tourists, and various well-known restaurants, including Alioto's, along Fisherman's Wharf. Sausalito, one of the many beautiful islands in the San Francisco Bay, is a popular tourist destination, as is the formal federal prison, now closed, on the Island of Alcatraz. Ghirardelli Square, another well-known shopping area, is also located near Fisherman's Wharf.
San Francisco landmarks and other special places include the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridges; Fisherman's Wharf and its many attractions, and Ghirardelli Square. Also worth visiting, and popular with tourists, are Coit Tower; Lombard Street (supposedly the crookedest street in the world), the San Francisco Lighthouse, the Fairmont Hotel, and the Earthquake Refugee Shack. The San Francisco Metropolitan Art Museum is also one of the best in the world.
The city of San Francisco has a municipal government headed by a mayor. The current mayor of San Francisco…
San Francisco is well-known for entertainment. It has its own symphony; its own ballet company, and its own opera company, as well as many theaters and cinemas. Other cultural entertainments include museums and lectures throughout the city. Some well-known festivals are the Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration held each year on January 9; the Chinese New year Celebration on January 17; the Independent Film Festival held each February; and the annual March 17 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
San Francisco also has many sporting events, featuring major league football, baseball, and basketball leagues. Soccer is also popular, both to play and as a spectator sport. San Francisco has football, baseball, and basketball stadiums. It is the home of famous sports teams, including the San Francisco Giants and the San Francisco 49 ers.
The city of San Francisco is very scenic in many ways, and some beautiful pictures of San Francisco, both historical and current, may be found on the website A Timeline of San Francisco History, http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/sfh2.html, visited December 2, 2004. Many maps of San Francisco, both large overall maps and smaller maps of various sections of the city, can be found on the internet. Among these are an expandable map of either the whole city or parts of the city on the website Map of San Francisco, visited December 1, 2004, at http://sfheart.com/mapofsan.html. All in all, San Francisco is a beautiful, scenic, exciting city, definitely worth visiting and getting to know.
San Francisco Tire Industry The tire industry is among other vital industries that contribute an extensive amount of income to the global economy. Some of the countries substantiating this are U.S.A, China, Japan and France. The industry involves assembly and compaction of several components, production and marketing high-frequency and operational tires to its target groups. This perspective contextualizes on the industrial output in the U.S., especially in California, San Francisco. San
This appears to be an ideal long-term solution, not only for weather-related delays, but also for the potential growth of the customer base. Butler (2008, p. 4) suggests that one way to increase runway capacity without in fact building more runways is the use of NextGen technologies in application to air traffic control. The shape that current air traffic control technologies take is that air traffic controllers guide aircraft from
Some jugglers are practicing their acts. One man is balancing a bowling ball upon his chin. A musician strums his guitar. The entire seaside stinks like the scallops and crabs that will be sauteed in butter and fill the pricey plates of tourists later in the day, at some of the city's finest restaurants. A move on from the wharf into San Francisco's famous Chinatown. I watch the hanging animals
San Insurance The Uninsured of San Francisco San Francisco is the only major metropolis in the United States that provides some level of healthcare to all of its citizens, with services designed specifically for those who are uninsured or underinsured and mandated by city law (SFFC 2010; Romney 2006). The uninsured in San Francisco match the general demographics of uninsured people throughout California -- they are largely unemployed; often female; tending to
Positively a Renaissance woman with a background in art, acting, photography, and journalism, Frances Marion positioned herself at the forefront of early filmmaking in Hollywood. Her legacy lives on with more than 300 films in her portfolio and two screenwriting Academy Awards, and yet her name lacks the notoriety of many of her contemporaries. Marion's work in filmmaking helped to propel Hollywood from the era of silent movies to the
San Francisco Earthquake Massive Earthquake Results in Human Tragedy and Economic Loss" Exploring the Impact of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake San Francisco CA was hit by one of the most devastating earthquakes recognized by man on April 18, 1906. The earthquake affected 430 kilometers of the famous San Andreas fault ranging from northwest of San Juan Bautista to Cape Mendocino (Ellsworth, 1990). The city that was once San Francisco was reduced by