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  • Apr 18, 2013
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120922-8862MtnViewTourGroup
The tour group is gathering.
120922-8863Stafford
120922-8865ChurchTour
120922-8866Skylight
120922-8867WilliamGwin
William Gwin was the first senator from California, with John Fremont.
120922-8868WilliamGwin
He was also a doctor, and had served in politics in Mississippi.
120922-8869EdwardVeitch
Edward Veitch supposedly invented the bobbie pin, when bobbed hair was popular.
120922-8870JohnHays
John Hays was a captain in the Texas Rangers and a military officer of the Republic of Texas. He fought in armed conflicts from 1836–1848, including against the Comanches in Texas and during the Mexican-American War.
120922-8871JohnHays
Hays was elected sheriff of San Francisco County in 1850, and became the US surveyor general for California in 1853. Hays co-founded the city of Oakland.
120922-8874JuliaMorgan
Julia Morgan was the first licensed female architect in California, and designed over 700 buildings, most notably much of Hearst castle in San Simeon.
120922-8876CharlesCrocker
Charles Crocker was a railroad executive who founded the Central Pacific Railroad, which constructed the westernmost portion of the first transcontinental railroad.
120922-8878FrancisSmith
Francis Smith was a borax miner, business magnate and civic builder in the Mojave Desert, San Francisco Bay area, and Oakland.
120922-8881HenryKaiser
Henry Kaiser was an industrialist, with the Kaiser Shipyard which built Liberty ships in WWII, Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel., Kaiser Permanente health care, and Kaiser Automobiles.
120922-8885DavidColton
David Colton was vice-president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and financial director of the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company. A city in southern California is named for him.
120922-8889BernardMaybeck
Bernard Maybeck is most famous for designing buildings for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, of which only the domed Palace of Fine Arts survives.
120922-8893WarrenBechtel
Warren Bechtel was the founder of the Bechtel Corporation, one of the world's largest engineering and construction services firms. He started as an employee in the early US railroad industry in 1898 after his Oklahoma cattle ranch failed.
120922-8895DomenicoGhirardelli
Domenico Ghirardelli tried and failed at mining, then opened a tent-store selling various supplies and confections to miners. He expanded another store and hotel in San Francisco, then formed Ghirardelli Chocolate Co.
120922-8897JamesFolger
James Folger founded the Folger's Coffee Company in 1860. Previously he had worked in reconstructing both Nantucket and San Francisco after city fires.
120922-8902ElizabethShort
Elizabeth Short is the famous murder victim nicknamed the Black Dahlia for her dark hair and flowers she often wore. Her murder is unsolved.
120922-8903FredKorematsu
Fred Korematsu resisted relocation of Japanese during WWII, and was imprisoned, He later was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.
120922-8907EdwardEliseian
Edward Eliseian (he spelled it Elisian) was a race driver. He stopped his car during the 1955 Indy 500 to try to save Bill Vuvkovich who had crashed. Ed later died in a fiery crash at the Milwaukee Mile.
120922-8862MtnViewTourGroup

120922-8862MtnViewTourGroup  41 views

120922-8863Stafford

120922-8863Stafford  39 views

120922-8865ChurchTour

120922-8865ChurchTour  40 views

120922-8866Skylight

120922-8866Skylight  39 views

120922-8867WilliamGwin

120922-8867WilliamGwin  40 views

120922-8868WilliamGwin

120922-8868WilliamGwin  39 views

120922-8869EdwardVeitch

120922-8869EdwardVeitch  40 views

120922-8870JohnHays

120922-8870JohnHays  39 views

120922-8871JohnHays

120922-8871JohnHays  39 views

120922-8874JuliaMorgan

120922-8874JuliaMorgan  41 views

120922-8876CharlesCrocker

120922-8876CharlesCrocker  39 views

120922-8878FrancisSmith

120922-8878FrancisSmith  40 views

120922-8881HenryKaiser

120922-8881HenryKaiser  40 views

120922-8885DavidColton

120922-8885DavidColton  39 views

120922-8889BernardMaybeck

120922-8889BernardMaybeck  40 views

120922-8893WarrenBechtel

120922-8893WarrenBechtel  13 views

120922-8895DomenicoGhirardelli

120922-8895DomenicoGhirardelli  11 views

120922-8897JamesFolger

120922-8897JamesFolger  12 views

120922-8902ElizabethShort

120922-8902ElizabethShort  13 views

120922-8903FredKorematsu

120922-8903FredKorematsu  14 views

120922-8907EdwardEliseian

120922-8907EdwardEliseian  11 views

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