...s and the San Francisco Peninsula. That they actually survived the journey and reached Acapulco is a testimony to the sailing skills of its Filipino crew.
...on Dolores can still see the tabernacle manufactured by Filipino craftsmen and brought over by galleons crewed by Filipino sailors.
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...age:C1952 Looking north along San Francisco peninsula toward San Francisco and Marin;. SFO at right wnp27.5576.jpg|792px]]
...SFO airport]] at right, [[San Bruno Mountain|San Bruno Mountain]] dividing peninsula communities from San Francisco proper.'''
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...ill, Twin Peaks in the distance. Native scrub dominates the sandy terrain, and the tall ridge just west of Second Street is long gone, turned into landfil
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''by Cheryl and Clark Kaplan, 1964''
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...Serra]], founder of the California Missions, looms over the I-280 Freeway and the Crystal Springs reservoir, artificial lagoons holding San Francisco's d
...brings fresh water from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite 280-odd miles to the city and [[Who Pays for Public Water? S.F. vs. Suburbs|its suburbs]].
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...uno Mountain|San Bruno Mountain]] to well beyond this map, south along the peninsula in what becomes Millbrae.'''
...subdivide and sell the land by 1851. But due to the rapacious landgrabbing and corrupt lawyering of the early American period, by the time the legal wrang
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...evard, at intersection with Sunnydale Avenue, 1928. Southern Pacific yards and roundhouse are to the east (right) of this photo, where they were establish
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...new site. Leonard Stefanelli was by then the President of Sunset Scavenger and, egged on by his attorney, was driving the truck that blew through a police
...current operations on the west side of the freeway in the City of Brisbane and begin dumping garbage at Sierra Point.”</blockquote>
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'''Interurban streetcar south of San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo, c. 1940s.'''
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...rn neighborhoods. Today's Marina District still carries the old moniker "[[AND THEY CALLED IT "COW HOLLOW" |Cow Hollow]]" dating from its 19th century lif
...he cultivation of grain in Guadalupe Valley (now Crocker Industrial Park), and erected a house for his four Indian ''vaqueros''. In Visitacion Valley he e
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...recycling system was under construction in new parts of town (like Mission Bay); additional plans to construct a new graywater treatment plant are being d
...he last quarter of the 19th century. Chronic battles between Spring Valley and the city government over rates led [[Mayor James Phelan|Mayor James Phelan]
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...d endangered San Francisco Garter Snake now makes its home in the [[Pulgas and J Serra |Crystal Springs]] reservoir watershed.''' ''Photo: Kennan Ward''
...grounds of Christen's Dairy Ranch provided acres of habitat for the snake, and its numerous ponds abounded in red-legged frogs, the snake's favorite food.
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...and description courtesy [https://www.ssfhistory.org Historical Society of South San Francisco] ''
...ation, the conductor would call out, “Next stop, the home of the quacks!” And, the 19.7 acres of Otto H. Reichardt Duck Farm was home for … thousands W
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...sh island in bay, and in distance Avisadero Point at end of Hunter's Point peninsula. Most of the water has been filled in in the last century.'''
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...Pacific Railroad Station at Third and Townsend. Ca. 1875. Central Pacific and Southern Pacific office building I0012573A.jpg]]
...nsend, c. 1875. Office building behind is headquarters of Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.'''
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...ed for its strategic position allowing surveillance of the entrance to the bay.
...e land seemed fertile enough to support a mission. The party set camp here and named the site of the future mission Laguna de los Dolores because it was t
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...Mills estate, which in turn was later subdivided into the town of Millbrae and the airport.'''
...ecretary of War for Roosevelt and William McKinley), J.P. Morgan (banker), and Ogden Mills, at the Mills estate in Millbrae, long before air travel, c. 19
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...se categories: Art & Politics, Ecology, Historical Perspectives, Literary, and Social Movements.'''
Here are videos of the Talks we held at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics at 518 Valencia Street in Spring 2019.
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...tance is the original 3rd peak of Potrero Hill, known as [[Irish Hill then and now| Irish Hill]]. To it's left is Mission Rock.'''
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...he banks of a stream, where a lake has been formed and fresh water bathing and boating made possible.
...t, over Six-mile hill and into the city again by way of the San Bruno road and Folsom street.
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