Monkey Block San Francisco's Golden History
Retelling forgotten stories from San Francisco's golden past, 1776 - 1906, based on newspapers, books, and personal accounts, of the time. San Francisco enthusiasts, California gold rush fans, and garden variety history geeks can discover this boom and bust city, built on the discovery of gold. Ho boys ho! For Californio! *I do my best to accurately reflect the facts, and sources, in my episodes.*
Podcasting since 2021 • 34 episodes
Monkey Block San Francisco's Golden History
Latest Episodes
S4 E5 Was Montgomery's Landing "near this spot"?
The history I’ve read regarding July 9th, 1846, states that the USS Portsmouth pulled up to the shoreline at Montgomery and Clay Street, marines disembarked from the ship and onto land, then marched up Clay Street to raise the American flag in ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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S4 Ep4 Drinking in Yerba Buena 1847 - Seven Rules and Regulations at Public Houses
Have you ever felt like some stories should feel more connected than they do in your brain but instead they feel like untethered facts that are somehow connected? This episode is about just that. I want to understand how my...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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39:00
S4 Ep3 The Laws of the Town of San Francisco 1847 "Your Water Has a Strange After Taste"
By January 30, 1847, the Pueblo de Yerba Buena was officially renamed the Town of San Francisco. Mexican laws weren't very well written, if written at all, which left the US military in charge of creating order in a land (Alta Cali...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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43:44
S4 Ep2 Give Me Back My Horse, Charles Weber, Part 2 of the Battle of Santa Clara
In the last episode I discussed the lead up to the Battle of Santa Clara. I chased this rabbit hole of a topic to figure out why Washington Allon Bartlett, Yerba Buena's first American alcalde, was missing for a period of time during his very s...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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40:01
S4 Ep1 The Spaniards Are in the Brush Part 1 Prelude to the Battle of Santa Clara
Today’s episode is about the changing landscape of Yerba Buena from July 1846 - 1847, just after the US takeover and the early broken promises to Californios. In the middle of all the changes, Yerba Buena's first American appointed...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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