Jack London‚ a person who witnessed the aftermath of the earthquake‚ glanced over the ravaged ‘imperial city’ of San Francisco using photographs‚ along with its renowned citizens‚ who were distraught about their personal belongings being burned. In his article‚ “The Story Of An Eyewitness”‚ London argues that despite the tragic event that occurred‚ the citizens turned heroic due to maintaining their serenity‚ as well as working with one another to survive‚ regardless of their social status or ethnicity
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greed for gold turned even San Francisco into a ghost town. In Monterey‚ one Walter Colton even remarked‚ “The blacksmith dropped his hammer‚ the carpenter his plane‚ the mason his trowel‚ the baker his loaf‚ the tapster his bottle. All were off to the mines‚ some on horses‚ some in carts‚ some went on crutches‚ and one went in a litter.” The gold rush even influenced soldiers into abandoning their posts in pursuit of wealth. In their towns of Monterey and San Francisco‚ soldiers watched others get
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as on food‚ clothes‚ or selling equipment for gold seekers. One of them was Mr. Brannan who bought almost every store near the working mills and sold mining tools creating a monopoly. He would eventually become the first millionaire. In 1853 in San Francisco‚ Levi Strauss introduced his new denim pants‚ which he called Levi’s‚ to the gold seekers and cowboys. These pants soon gained well-known recognition since they were tear resistant and could be washed. To provide food for hungry miners‚ agriculture
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The Gold Rush began in May of 1848 when the words‚ "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!" were shouted by Sam Brennan in San Francisco. The discovery ignited the flames of desire across the country and everyone was infected with gold fever. The topic of the California Gold Rush is a home run in terms of this years theme. We chose this event because of its significance in the foundation of our country and the impact it had on so many lives. People from all over the world traveled to the west
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The reason for this is that in San Francisco‚ the urban community has recognized all of the city’s problems‚ packaged them together‚ slapped a new name on it and found the group of people whom they will be putting at fault. Sound familiar at? We as a society are allowing for the expansion
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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE contruction: San Francisco CA Over four years‚ CONSTRUCTION commenced on January the 5th 1933. The bridge was soon opened for vehicular traffic on May the 28th 1937. The Bridge was built by 10 different prime contractors and their subcontractors. The golden gate is the entrance to San Francisco from the Pacific Ocean. The golden gate bridge is one of the most beautiful bridges‚ in the world because of
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this historic event. The results forever changed California. The towns‚ population‚ and economic changes before‚ during‚ and after the Gold Rush proves the impact of this historical event. Life before the Gold Rush in California was simple. San Francisco was a small and unused town with very little excitement. It had a population of under 500 settlers‚ almost no women‚ and under 2‚000 Native Americans. The Native Americans mostly worked as blacksmiths‚ shipwrights‚ carpenters‚ tailors‚ farmers
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California Condor Repopulation In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article‚ by Peter Fimrite‚ it was reported that the California Condor population is being replenished‚ and once again these majestic birds are roaming the California landscape. Last month five condors were spotted at the Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton‚ just east of San Jose California. As stated in the article “It is the second time since condors were reintroduced into the wild after nearly going extinct that the enormous carrion-eating
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The Help ISU Essay by Josh Gawreletz We refer to basic human rights like the freedom of speech and association‚ liberty‚ and equal treatment in court as civil rights‚ because they are fundamental rights that each and every citizen should not be denied on the basis of their sex‚ race‚ or religious belief. In the last one-hundred years we‚ as a human population‚ have seen many acts of discrimination against our civil rights on a large scale. In Kathryn Stockett’s novel‚ “The Help” one of those
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the internet café is the internet‚ such as email‚ newsgroup and web sites surfing. The development of internet café was started in July 1991 by Wayne Gregori in San Francisco when he began SFnet Coffeehouse Network. Gregori designed‚ built and installed 25 coin operated computer terminals in coffeehouse throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The concept and name‚ Cybercafe was invented in early 1994 by Ivan Pope. Nowadays‚ Internet cafes are located worldwide. These kinds of businesses are very
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