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Black entrepreneur Mary Ellen Pleasant in Civil War San Francisco:
One of the most fascinating and contradictory figures of San Francisco’s riveting history is Mary Ellen Pleasant. By current standards she was one of…
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Ted & Anna Judah in Civil War Washington
In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians were locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would…
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Jessie Frémont petitions Lincoln for Emancipation
Lincoln was far slower to move on Emancipation than many of his allies urged—including political power couple Jessie Benton Frémont and John C. Frémont…
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Chapter 40 - Ted & Anna Judah vs. the Associates on the Transcontinental Railroad
In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would cross…
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Ina Coolbrith, John Rollin Ridge
In the decades after the Gold Rush, poet and journalist Ina Coolbrith was probably the best known female writer in California.
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Enter Mark Twain, running
The Civil War would ultimately bring two fledgling authors to California to make their literary fortune in San Francisco—via quite opposite paths…
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The Civil War begins: Ambrose Bierce at Rich Mountain, 1861
The Civil War would ultimately bring two fledgling authors to California—via quite opposite paths. 25-year-old Samuel Clemens fled to the West to avoid…
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