Route of the Pacific and Atlantic Rail Road between San Francisco, & San Jose, as located by Wm. J. Lewis, Chief Engineer, in Sept. Oct. & Nov. 1851.
Summary
Map of the coast between San Francisco and San Jose showing roads, property owners, streams, and relief by hachures.
Originally a Spanish (later Mexican) mission and pueblo, it was conquered by the United States in 1846 and by an invading army of prospectors following the 1848 discovery of gold in its hinterland. The Gold Rush made San Francisco a cosmopolitan metropolis with a frontier edge. In early 1900s the city tried to remake itself into a grand and modern Paris of the West.
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Date
01/01/1851
Contributors
Lewis, William J.
Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain