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Gold Greed and Gunslingers Forging San Francisco By Junket
San Francisco, California, USA
$32.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Come on our History Walking Tour of San Francisco!
Travel back in time to the San Francisco of the late 1840s and early 1850s with this Gold Rush History Tour. You'll visit sites important to the early history of San Francisco, and by extension, all of California. From Portsmouth Square, to Sydney Town, to Pier 7, explore the locations, people, and legends that make up some of the darker side of San Francisco's early history, replete with tales of greed, discrimination, feuds, and lawless violence.
Travel back in time to the San Francisco of the late 1840s and early 1850s with this Gold Rush History Tour. You'll visit sites important to the early history of San Francisco, and by extension, all of California. From Portsmouth Square, to Sydney Town, to Pier 7, explore the locations, people, and legends that make up some of the darker side of San Francisco's early history, replete with tales of greed, discrimination, feuds, and lawless violence.
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Gold Greed and Gunslingers Forging San Francisco By Junket
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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- Thoroughly researched and accurate history
- Professional and knowledgeable local guide
- Food and drink
Meeting point
Meet your tour guide in front of the Hilton Financial District, at the intersection of Merchant and Kearny Streets. Your guide will be wearing a black US Ghost Adventures t-shirt and carrying a lantern. Please arrive 15 minutes prior start of the tour.
Return details
Meet your tour guide in front of the Hilton Financial District, at the intersection of Merchant and Kearny Streets. Your guide will be wearing a black US Ghost Adventures t-shirt and carrying a lantern. Please arrive 15 minutes prior start of the tour.
- This was the center of the original city of San Francisco, before California was even part of the US. Legend has it that the California gold rush officially began here. (pass by)
- Discover the true story of the struggles Chinese people faced during the gold rush, which even included a fee for the privilege of mining at all. (pass by)
- Learn more about the Six Companies that governed Chinatown, and the Tong Wars, here. (pass by)
- San Francisco is a city of contrasts, where a short walk can take you to a completely different place. Learn the history of the area known as The Devil's Acre, once such place in San Francisco, here. (pass by)
- Learn the history of the Sydney Ducks, a team of arsonists, in this, the area they controlled. (pass by)
- In San Francisco, as ships were grounded with the changing shoreline, they were simply repurposed into buildings. This saloon is an example of this. (pass by)
- At this square, learn about "The Hounds" and the massacre that was the tipping point in creating an official police force for San Francisco. (pass by)
- Discover the legend of Shanghai Kelly, the region's most famous "crimper". (pass by)
- End your tour with the tragic tale of James and Belle Cora. (pass by)
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Gold Greed and Gunslingers Forging San Francisco By Junket
San Francisco, California, USA
$32.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
—
We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!