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My purpose was to follow one of the more storied stage routes, the Cheyenne to Black Hills Stage Line. The stage run began in 1876 to link the railroad at Cheyenne to the gold fields surrounding ...
Feb 20, 2024 · History. In 1876, Deadwood was born when a rush of gold miners flocked to the Black Hills of South Dakota, looking for riches and a better way of life. Almost overnight the town was booming and attracted outlaws, gamblers, and gunslingers. Some of them included notables like Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Madam Mustache.
- Fogless Wonder
- Bay Natives: The Coast Miwok
- Mexican Era Rancho Sausalito
- Establishing Fort Baker
- Fort Baker Defenses During WWII
Much of San Francisco and points north of the bay fall under the realm of the frequent visitor in gray, Karl the Fog. Karl is fond of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay; large swaths of the city disappear within his dense shroud. Although a ridge to the west keeps him from Fort Baker, it makes the view from Fort Baker a bit eerie. He's a product of...
The Miwok and their ancestors made their home in areas north of the Golden Gate, primarily in Marin County and southern Sonoma County, for 10,000 years before any Europeans arrived. They were organized into small, politically independent societal groups that moved annually between temporary and permanent village sites determined by seasonal hunting...
Although the Spanish colonized this region in 1776, the area remained largely uninhabited even after the Mexican War of Independence, which was fought from 1810 to 1821. Towards the mid-1800s, the grasslands here were gaining recognition as primo territory for cattle ranching. The ranch hands were known as los vaquerosand were some of America's fir...
In the mid-1800s, the US Army set about modernizing the harbor defenses of San Francisco. The brick forts that had been the standard structures for the first half of the century were now vulnerable to rifled artillery attack. The army therefore developed a more modern system that relied on hidden batteries and "disappearing" guns. At first, the men...
As the country began to mobilize for war, the army created the Harbor Defenses of San Francisco, a system with operational command over many San Francisco army posts, including Fort Baker, Fort Barry and Fort Cronkhite. The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco was responsible for ensuring the safety of friendly shipping traffic and defending the coastl...
History of the Real Deadwood, South Dakota. The discovery of gold in the southern Black Hills in 1874 set off one of the great gold rushes in America. In 1876, miners moved into the northern Black Hills. That’s where they came across a gulch full of dead trees and a creek full of gold and Deadwood was born.
Fort Baker. Fort Baker is a historic army post located in the Marin Headlands. The post, built between 1902 and 1910, is one of the park’s best examples of the army’s “Endicott Period” military construction, named after the late 19 th century Secretary of War, William C. Endicott. The “Endicott Period” refers to the peace time years ...
After gold was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874, there became a need to transport people and freight to the “Hills”. One of the shortest and easiest travel routes was overland from Fort Pierre, S.D., the nearest river landing, to Deadwood, the epicenter of gold mining.
Aug 31, 2015 · A new town named Deadwood sprang up almost overnight, attracting a mix of miners, gamblers, gunslingers, and prostitutes. Lawlessness prevailed as Deadwood’s population quickly swelled to 25,000 by the end of 1876. Hastily erected tents and shanties sprang up to house the newcomers, but were gradually replaced by more permanent houses, some ...
