Article from the San Francisco News, July 3, 1934, reports on a union strike which occured in the San Fransico area. May be a bit violent for young students to read.

Read the full text of the short story "How Reuben Allen "Saw Life" in San Francisco" by Bret Harte.

Provides a short description of the development of the transcontinental railroad and the "Big Four" behind the construction. From the San Francisco News Letter of September 1925.

Local coverage from the Chronicle and Examiner on the San Francisco Giants baseball team.

From Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs is this description of his 1852 trip to California across Panama and his stay in San Francisco.

This site contains a poster of a new bank started by Sam Brannen in San Francisco during the gold rush.

A poem written in England but certainly expressing the hopes and dreams of those seeking gold in California. Included in the San Francisco Business Directory of 1864-65.

A 2013 letter to the FBI, if real, suggests the Anglin brothers and Frank Morris survived one of the most daring and dangerous prison breaks of all time. It was one of the most ingenious prison breaks of all time -- if it worked. In...

Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument is nestled in San Francisco, California. Declared a national monument in 1908 and inhabited by the Miwok Indians originally, this redwood forest is filled...

Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument is nestled in San Francisco, California. Declared a national monument in 1908 and inhabited by the Miwok Indians originally, this redwood forest is filled...

This site from the San Francisco State University provides a statement made by the farmworkers of Delano outlining their plans.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate a central historical question. In this investigation, students contextualize President Theodore Roosevelt's turn-of-the-century speeches and letters...

Download a movie about the 1982 landslides of the San Fransisco Bay Area. Shows many devastating stories, scientific discoveries, and the destruction the landslides caused. [58:27]

This resource provides a list of links to information related to earthquake damage and effects in the California area.

The resource consists of a tutorial and learning game about monetary policy. Some topics investigated are reserve requirements, open market operations, discount rate, and tight monetary policy.

This resource, created by the Federal Reserve, gives an excellent description of the money supply in the United States. It sets out to answer basic questions, describes how the Federal Reserve creates money, and explains economic...

This site contains information on the life of Frederick N. Funston. He was a commander in the Philippine-American War.

This site provides information about the expansion of the United States Currency, with links to other related sources.

An account by William Tecumseh Sherman about the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill.

This site contains information on the dramatic impact of the California Gold Rush. From "The History of California," published in 1897.

A biography of Father Junipero Serra, including excerpts from a biography written by Serra's good friend, Palou.

From the memoirs of William Tecumseh Sherman you can read about his arrival in California during the Mexican War, his dealings with John Fremont, and the Bear Flag Revolt.

Provides information concerning African American rights in the California gold country before the Civil War.

In an book by Douglas S. Watson published in 1932, you can read the introduction which tells about the life of Johann August Sutter, who emigrated to California, built a mill where gold was found, and suffered for that discovery....