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Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of San Francisco: Alvin Coffey, African American '49Er

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides biography of an African American 49er with first hand accounts.
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Virtual Museum of San Francisco Ulysses S. Grant and the Gold Rush

For Students 9th - 10th
From Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs is this description of his 1852 trip to California across Panama and his stay in San Francisco.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Old United States Mint

For Students 9th - 10th
Built for the San Francisco Mint in 1874 to handle the overflow from the California Gold Rush, this building is affectionately as The Granite Lady. It is one of the few that survivors of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and served...