History of San Francisco

San Francisco, formerly known as Yevabuena, also known as San Francisco, is called San Francisco by overseas Chinese. It was named by Mexicans in Spanish in 1847, when there were only more than 800 residents here. Originally a Spanish colonial stronghold, it was later taken over by Mexico and occupied by the US military in the US-Mexico War. 1848 1 month, in the Sacramento valley, when a carpenter was building a sawmill, he found gold in the water flow that pushed the waterwheel. The news spread like wildfire and triggered a gold rush all over the world. In just three months, the population of San Francisco has surged by 25,000. Many of them were sold here as coolies, digging gold mines, building railways and preparing for hardship. Since then, a large number of Chinese workers have settled here, and they call the city San Francisco (to distinguish it from the New Golden Mountain in Australia). The strongest thing in San Francisco is generate's immigration enthusiasm, which is an intoxicating culture; Different Italians, Brazilians, Spaniards, China, etc. There are different settlements scattered in California. 1April, 906 18 at 5 am 12, an earthquake of magnitude 8.25 occurred in San Francisco. Because the gas pipeline burst, there were many fires in the whole city, which quickly turned the city into a sea of fire, and dazzling flames and soaring smoke were clearly visible 80 kilometers away. The fire burned for three days and San Francisco was in ruins. In this earthquake, 3,000 people died, 250,000 people were homeless, and 5 14 streets and 28,000 buildings were burned and collapsed. However, after such a big disaster, San Francisco, like a phoenix, rebuilt a newer and more modern city in less than six years. The World Expo 19 15 was held in San Francisco, marking the moment of complete revival from the ruins!

Europeans arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1542, and the San Francisco area belonged to the Spanish province of Upper California in16th century. Spanish general Don Gaspar de Portola led his men to explore the topography of the San Francisco Bay Area in 1769. 1776 On March 28th, the Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza chose two sites for construction, one for military use and the other for missionary purposes. However, the actual construction was supervised by two companions of Anza, Captain Jose Joaquin Moraga and Father Francisco Palau, and Jose Joaquin Moraga was responsible for establishing the Presidio (now Fort Park), a military base in San Francisco. Francisco Palau was responsible for the establishment of this church. He named it the San Francisco de Asi Mission in assisi, which is usually called the dolores Mission. All administrative affairs in this area are managed by the church. 182 1 year, Mexico became independent from Spain and Upper California became Mexican territory. After Mexico's independence, the power of the church's jurisdiction gradually weakened, and the land belonging to the church was gradually planned to be private. William Richardson, from England, built the first private residence in the west of the peninsula (namely the Garden Corner at the junction of China City and the financial district) in 1835. With the help of others, Richardson began to plan the market near the house and called this area Yerba Buena. After the outbreak of the US-Mexico War, Brigadier General John D. Sloat led his men here and occupied the city in the name of the United States in 1846. 1On October 30th, Navy Colonel John B Montgomery renamed the city San Francisco.