Pies: In 1860's San Francisco, two stray dogs who were best friends became local celebrities

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Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, in the early 1860s. Recognized for their unique bond and their prodigious rat-killing ability, they became a fixture of city newspapers, later exempted from local ordinances and immortalized in cartoons.

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Bummer or Bummers may refer to: Bummer (album), an album by Cleopatrick Bummers, nickname of American Civil War foragers of William Tecumseh Sherman's army during its March to the Sea and beyond Aaron Bummer (born 1993), American Major League Baseball pitcher nickname of Hugh Stirling (1907–1994), Canadian football player Bummer and Lazarus, two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, United States, in the early 1860s "Bummer" (song), by American rock band Sparks Bummer (band), American noise rock band

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Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts on the West Side of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the largest urban park in the city, containing 1,017 acres (412 ha), and the third-most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 24 million visitors annually. Part of the natural area is old-growth forest and recognized by the Old-Growth Forest Network. The creation of a large park in San Francisco was first proposed in the 1860s. In 1865, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted proposed a park designed with species native to San Francisco. That plan was rejected in favor of a Central Park-style park designed by engineer William…

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Albert Bierstadt and the Emerging San Francisco Art World of the 1860s and 1870s

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Our Best Friends: How Dogs Alter Indoor Air Quality

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Joshua Abraham Norton (February 4, 1818 – January 8, 1880), commonly known as Emperor Norton, was a resident of San Francisco, California, who declared himself Emperor of the United States in 1859 and Protector of Mexico in 1866, roles that he maintained until his death in 1880. Norton's notable acts include proposing the construction of what opened as the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936. Born in England and raised in South Africa, Norton left Cape Town in late 1845, sailing from Liverpool to Boston in early 1846 and eventually arriving in San Francisco in late 1849. After a brief period of prosperity, Norton made a business gambit in late 1852 that played out poorly, ultimately fo…

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