TOP HISTORY DESTINATIONS: San Francisco San Francisco became part of the United States with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, then the very next year, San Francisco became the base for the gold rush. The city instantly became the largest and most important population, commercial, naval, and financial center in the American West. The rapid growth continued through the 1850s and under the influence of the 1859 Comstock Lode silver discovery. This rapid growth complicated city planning efforts, leaving a legacy of narrow streets that continues to characterize the city to this day. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OPPORTUNITIES: • Explore a Once-Secret Naval Vessel • Learn about the How 3/4 of the City • Find Out How the Golden Gate that Helped to Win World War II Was Destroyed in 1906 Bridge Was Almost Painted Black • Bike Ride Across the Golden Gate • Explore a Palace Inspired from and Yellow Bridge Roman and Ancient Greek • Visit the Birthplace of the 1960s • Learn of the Inventive Andrew Architecture Counterculture Movement Smith Hallidie and His Historic • Learn Why Denim Jeans Were • Explore the Ground-Breaking City Mark on Clay Street Invented During the Gold Rush Lights Bookstore • Find Out What the Spanish • Explore an Island that Was as an • Order an Espresso Where Frances Originally Named San Francisco in Immigration Station for 84 Different Ford Coppola Wrote the Godfather 1776 to 1846 Countries Screenplay • Spend a Night, Work, and Sleep • Find Out How the Panama Pacific • See one of the Oldest Operating Aboard a Permanently Moored Turn- Exposition in 1915 was the Rebirth Movie Theaters in the Nation of-the-Century Tall Ship. of the City • Discover Fort that Defended the Bay • Explore the Oldest & 2nd Largest • Learn How the California Gold from California’s Gold Rush to WWII North American Chinatown Outside Created a Saloon Made Out of a Asia Ship HISTORY ATTRACTIONS: • California Academy of Sciences • Monterey Cannery Row • California State University • Fort Point • Colton Hall • Grace Cathedral • Alcatraz Prison Tour • Del Monte Forest • Hearst Castle • California Historical Society • The Old San Francisco Mint • Mission Dolores & The Mission • Golden Gate Park • C. A. Thayer District • Golden Gate Bridge • Asian Art Museum • Cable Car Museum • USS Pampanito • Fire Department Museum • Angel Island • Palace of Fine Arts • Stanford University Clinics • Haight Ashbury & • Fort Mason General’s Residence • Coit Tower Golden Gate Park • Cliff House & Sutro Baths • Muir Woods • The Castro Theater & • Union Square • Nob Hill Neighbourhood • Chinatown • North Beach • National Cemetery • San Francisco Maritime National • Palo Alto • SS Jeremiah O’Brien Historical Park • Sausalito • San Francisco Dungeon • The Old Ship Saloon • Pier 39 • Legion of Honor • Fisherman’s Wharf • San Francisco State University • Hyde Street Pier OT HER ATTRACTIONS: • The Walt Disney Family Museum • Ghost Hunt Walking Tours • Pacific Pinball Museum • Monterey Bay Aquarium • Aquarium of the Bay • Computer History Museum • Kayaking • Whale Watching • 7D Experience • de Young Museum • Magowan’s Infinite Mirror Maze • Climbing Gyms • Exploratorium • The Tech Museum of Innovation • House of Air • San Francisco Zoo • San Francisco Bay Cruises • Madame Tussauds • Childrens Creativity Museum • Musée Mécanique • Ghiradelli Factory • The Lawrence Hall of Science • Museum of 3D Illusions • Urban Adventure Quest

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