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Welcome to the Encyclopedia of San Francisco
Feature entry
 Golden
Gate Park. Every place has a story to tell, and Golden
Gate Park, an icon and keystone of San Francisco's park system,
is no exception. Millions of people have visited the park
over the years, but only a few know of all the rich nuggets
that it harbors. Golden Gate Park offers a dizzying array
of treasures: fascinating buildings, scenic meadows and lakes,
important monuments, and major museums.
Read more...
 This
November, 2013, History
Press West is delighted to announce a new San
Francisco history title, Fremont
Older & The 1919 San Francisco Bombing: A Tireless Crusade
for Justice, from author John
C. Ralston.
A tragic bombing. Two men falsely accused.One journalist seeking
justice. On Saturday, July 22, 1916, as “Preparedness
Day” parade units assembled south of San Francisco’s
Market Street, a terrorist bomb exploded, killing ten people
and wounding forty.
San Francisco was outraged. Instead of searching for the perpetrators,
however, the district attorney used the bombing as an excuse
to arrest, try and convict two obscure labor figures without
evidence. What became known as the “American Dreyfus
Case” led to an international outcry, finally resulting
in one defendant’s pardon and the other’s parole—but
only after both men had been imprisoned for twenty-three years.
Price $19.99. Books on sale in all San Francisco and
Bay Area book stores. Please order the books on the Amason:
http://www.amazon.com/ OR Barnes & Nobles web site:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
: John C. Ralston's - is now available.
713 pages, with an entry for every calendar date of the year,
and a few other dates, this is an indispensable addition to
all San Francisco history lovers' collections.
.(California residents
add $2.62 sales tax, total $35.57, shipping included). If
you wish to buy through our web site, please click
here. Also available through Amazon and eBay, and at San
Francisco bookstores.
"Here is the ideal San Francisco calendar--a day by
day listing of important events in the city's history. Those
great days when the bridges opened--The Golden Gate (May 27)
the Bay Bridge (November 12). The day when the first cable
car ran (August 1). The moment when television first flickered
into life (September 3) and when an audience in San Francisco's
Civic Center saw a demonstration of something that would change
the world -- the computer mouse (December 9). This book of
dates lists fires, riots, celebrations, births, deaths, and
disasters in the life of one of the most interesting cities
anywhere."
-Carl Nolte, columnist, San Francisco Chronicle
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