What to see in America . comotion. Fantastic old Chinatown was utterly effacedby the great fire, and San Francisco said the yellow menshould never reestablish themselves. But Oriental tenacitywon, and the new Chinese city of 1 (),()()() inhabitants hasfeatures of considerable interest. The junction of Marketwith Kearny and Geary streets used to be called. Cape Horn,because it was so windy. Some of the literary notables whohave been associated with San Francisco for varying periodsare INIark Twain, Bret Harte, Henry George, and RobertLouis Stevenson. Stevensons journey from New York toSan Franc
What to see in America . comotion. Fantastic old Chinatown was utterly effacedby the great fire, and San Francisco said the yellow menshould never reestablish themselves. But Oriental tenacitywon, and the new Chinese city of 1 (),()()() inhabitants hasfeatures of considerable interest. The junction of Marketwith Kearny and Geary streets used to be called. Cape Horn,because it was so windy. Some of the literary notables whohave been associated with San Francisco for varying periodsare INIark Twain, Bret Harte, Henry George, and RobertLouis Stevenson. Stevensons journey from New York toSan Francisco is described in Across the Plains, and asojourn in the Napa ^Mountains furnished material forThe Silverado Squatters. About a mile southwest of the City Hall, where Doloresand 16th streets join,is an adobe-walledchapel built in Father Juniperoestablished a ^Missionsettlement near awillow-edged streamwhich was namedOur Lady of theWeeping Willows,and the village be-came known as the State House, Sacramento2h. 466 What to See in America
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