Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: California Before Gold Discovery

A nice timeline of events that occurred from 1846 to 1849 in the California Gold Rush. Hyperlinks to additional information. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.

The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco displays the history of the Mexican-American War, including an explanation of border changes in the California and Mexico areas. It also discusses the idea of Manifest Destiny.

Documents from 1905-1906 recording the actions of this anti-Asian San Francisco labor group.

This first-person account by John Bidwell and his dealings with John Fremont in California.

This site from the Museum of San Francisco provides a list of links to events that happened in San Francisco from 1846-1864 including many links about the Gold Rush.

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

A link to Progress and Poverty. A biography of Henry George. Has pictures of Henry George.

An article in the April, 1929, San Francisco Magazine by California Senator, James D. Phelan, decrying Prohibition and giving many reasons why it didn't work.

This resource offers 1942 San Francisco News articles covering the internment of San Francisco's Japanese population.

At this site from the Museum of San Francisco you can check out this biography of Progressive visionary Henry George, taken from an 1889 encyclopedia (so, according to this article, he's not dead yet!). Includes photo.