1848 Pre Gold Rush San Francisco - JC Ward
Here we can see the bucolic Yerba Buena Cove before the San Francisco Gold Rush began in earnest. In fact, San Francisco was named after this local "good flower" from the mint family, and had a population of only a few hundred persons on average during the Mexican era from 1821-1848. As the main port for ships coming into the Bay, Yerba Buena Cove is now the area of present-day downtown San Francisco and is one of the first places you will see while on this cruise.
