History Talk: Antebellum & Civil War SF | Noe Valley

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SF History Night | Pacific Heights

The San Francisco History Association hosts monthly talks which explore our city’s enchanting history in depth.

Each month, a local history expert hosts a themed talk usually accompanied by a slide show with light refreshments.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015
SF History Night | Pacific Heights

In the late 1840s, a pueblo on the shores of the Pacific burst into the instant city of San Francisco fueled by a worldwide migration in search of golden dreams. San Francisco’s population skyrocketed from 800 to 30,000 residents. Theatres abounded, attracting John Wilkes Booth’s famous acting family to the city’s stages. Southerners increased as war threatened the nations. Amid the daily dramas, duels, political rivalries and heated disagreements over slavery, statehood, and the coming war, San Francisco emerged as the Queen City of the West, located in the most representative of all the mid-nineteenth-century U.S. states.

 Monika Trobits’ illustrated talk will discuss the lingering presence in San Francisco of the antebellum and Civil War eras. She is the author of Antebellum and Civil War San Francisco and will have books available for sale.

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