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Presidio of San Francisco, California
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The Founding of the Mission and Presidio of San Francisco
Manuscripts
This diary is Father Palóu's description of the establishment of a mission at San Francisco Bay, and the exploration of the surrounding area. The diary also claims to contain the first authenticated account of the arrival of a sailing vessel to the Bay. Translated to English by Frank de Thoma in 1899.
mssHM 290
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Presidio of San Francisco, California
Visual Materials
This collection contains photographs by historian Ralph P. Bieber documenting the central overland route to California as it appeared in the 1950s. Bieber visited the sites in conjunction with a project to record every aspect of the trails and circumstances associated with the migration of people to California during the Gold Rush years and subsequently. The images document the route through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and California. Bieber organized and annotated the photographs himself, and his original order, based primarily on print size, has been maintained. Additionally, Bieber created photographic categories such as "Donner Party Sites," "Gold Discovery Sites," and "Sites associated with John C. Frémont." Note that Bieber did not arrange the photographs geographically.
photCL 469