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Sunday, February 12

Barbary Coast Trail: Gold Rushers, Shanghaiiers and Jazz Dancers | SF
Sunday, February 12 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Schoolhouse Monument
Barbary Coast Trail: Gold Rushers, Shanghaiiers and Jazz Dancers | SF

Meet at the Schoolhouse Monument at Portsmouth Square for a tour of Commercial Street, San Francisco’s original shoreline, and the Jackson Square historic district.
Upcoming Guided Tour Schedule February 2012

February 4, 10 A.M. – Silver Strikes, Earthquakes and Lion Dancers
February 12, 10 A.M. – Gold Rushers, Shanghaiiers …

Saturday, February 18

Beats Walking Tour | North Beach
Saturday, February 18 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | In front of City Lights Bookstore
Beats Walking Tour | North Beach

Hipsters, Paesani & Semaphore Hill: Meet in front of two icons – Vesuvio Café & City Lights Bookstore – and learn about the “beat” era and Italian immigrants who settled North Beach.
Tour Washington Square, an Italian bakery that still bakes bread by hand and Coit …

Saturday, February 25

Barbary Coast Trail: Stevedores, Feluccas and Windjammers | SF
Saturday, February 25 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Embarcadero
Barbary Coast Trail: Stevedores, Feluccas and Windjammers | SF

Meet at Kearny and the Embarcadero to explore San Francisco’s history as a port city and the era of the longshoremen.
This is the last leg of the Barbary Coast Trail Tour presented by the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society.
The upcoming guided tour schedule for March …