02055cam a22003371 4500 rc 01000664 DLC 20260227111900.0 cr ||||||||||| 830216s1886 caue 000 0 eng rc 01000664 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F869.S3 B8 Brown, John Henry, 1810-1905. Reminiscences and incidents of "the early days" of San Francisco by John H. Brown; actual experience of an eye-witness, from 1845 to 1850. San Francisco, Calif., Mission journal publishing co. [1886] [106] p. front. (fold. plan) 23 cm. "A small number only was printed, and the work is rare."--Cowan Bibl. of the hist. of Calif. The English-born John Henry Brown (1810-1905) went to sea at an early age and was living among the Cherokees in 1843 when he set out for the Pacific Coast. Reminiscences and incidents of "the early days" of San Francisco (1886) describes his early work at Sutter's Fort before his permanent move to San Francisco, where he became a saloonkeeper and hotelkeeper. He offers a painstaking picture of the transformation of San Francisco's people and business patterns with the discovery of gold and provides lively tales of miners, gamblers, gangs and vigilance committees, shopkeepers, and real estate sepculators. He lists early white women in San Francisco and provides a map showing San Francisco's building lots and their occupants in this early period. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. San Francisco (Calif.) History. Ethnic groups California. Women California. Urbanization California. Law Political aspects California. Mines and mineral resources California. Business California. calbk 157 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/calbk.157 51861 51861