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The adventurous spirit of early San Francisco symbolized the character of the Old West. Isolated from the rest of the United States by great expanses of untamed land, California was deemed by most ...
The adventurous spirit of early San Francisco symbolized the character of the Old West. Isolated from the rest of the United States by great expanses of untamed land, California was deemed by most easterners as an uncharted wilderness, suitable for only the most rugged explorers. A monumental discovery of gold in the region soon transformed San Francisco, then a sleepy trading village. The lure of untold riches attracted adventurers worldwide, creating a unique melding of ideas and imagination that turned a hilly, wind swept land by the bay into one of the most influential cities of the Old West.
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- Creator
- A&E Television Networks, LLC
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011]
- copyright 1996
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (45 min.)) : sound, color, digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn811356493
- Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2011.
- Sacred Land in the West (2:03) -- Gold Rush (3:20) -- Spanish Claim & Spanish Settlements (2:22) -- U.S. Takeover of San Francisco (1:29) -- California Gold (2:26) -- Gold Spurs Entrepreneurial Enterprise (1:36) -- Vigilance Committee (2:18) -- Ethnic Enclaves (1:45) -- Prosperity to Depression (2:38) -- Hard Times in San Francisco (1:50) -- Unemployment and Bigotry (1:15) -- San Francisco's Big Four (1:58) -- Adolph Sutro (3:04) -- Post-Depression Recovery (2:01) -- San Francisco's Chinese Population (3:10) -- Outlaw Black Bart (1:56) -- San Francisco's Colorful Characters (1:47) -- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (3:20) -- Rising from the Ashes (2:47) -- Credits: San Francisco (1:10)