1849 Gold Rush
1859 Silver Strike - Comstock Lode
1869 Transcontinental Railroad completed
1906 Great Earthquake and Fire
1915 Pan Pacific Exhibition
1937 Golden Gate Bridge completed
1953 City Lights Bookstore opens, becomes home to Beat Generation
1967 Summer of Love
1978 Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk murdered
1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
Photo credits: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: Downtown ruins 1906, Ferry Building 1915, Golden Gate Bridge Construction, Harvey Milk, Damaged building 1989
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