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1 1.0 Dead Rabbits Midterm 1.1. THE STREETS OF THE BARBARY COAST Downtown Street named for Swiss-German land baron who established a prominent fort in Sacramento and owned the land grant where gold was discovered in January CITY LIGHTS Photograph the cover of The Grapes of Wrath and then enter the Poetry Room and photograph San Francisco Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1.3. LOST BARBARY COAST Plaque commemorating site of Ralston s Bank of California 1.4. LOST DOWNTOWN Find the plaque commemorating the Original Location of A.P. Gianinni s Bank of Italy 1.5. UPTOWN Last Remaining Nob Hill Mansion of a Silver Bonanza King 1.6. OBSCURE UPTOWN Locate Nob Hill Street named for noir author of The Maltese Falcon 1.7. HISTORIC EATS 1.8. HISTORIC IMBIBING Locate plaque commemorating the former site of the Barbary Coast s infamous Billy Goat Saloon 1.9. BARBARY COAST OBSCURA Barbary Coast saloon (c.1849), originally the schooner Arkansas, infamous for Shanghaiing customers RALSTON S SAN FRANCISCO GEM This Mural by Maxfield Parrish has adorned this spot since DOWNTOWN GATEKEEPERS Locate indoor statue of the self-proclaimed Emperor of the U.S and Protector of Mexico LOST BARBARY COAST Historical marker for the former shipwreck hotel, the Niantic LOST DOWNTOWN II Locate downtown historical marker for the original site of the college that later became USF OBSCURE SAN FRANCISCO Marker for the former site of William Richardson s adobe, proclaiming The Birthplace of a Great City BARBARY COAST RIDDLES This structure survived the earthquake by proclaiming: Son, Observe the Time, and Fly From Evil

2 2.0 The Hounds Midterm 2.1. THE STREETS OF THE BARBARY COAST Downtown Street named for American Commander of the Pacific Squadron (not Commodore Sloat) during the Mexican-American War 2.2 CITY LIGHTS Locate and photograph one book by the San Francisco Examiner reporter who disappeared in Mexico in Locate and photograph the cover of Jack Kerouac, On the Road LOST BARBARY COAST This Modern Street Was Once the Gold Rush-era Long Wharf 2.4. LOST DOWNTOWN Locate the former Barbary Coast Hippodrome Bar and Dance Hall 2.5. UPTOWN Nob Hill Hotel (site of his former mansion) named for Big Four frontman and California governor 2.6 OBSCURE UPTOWN Nob Hill Street Named for Author of the Maltese Falcon 2.7. HISTORIC EATS 2.8. HISTORIC IMBIBING Current home of the Cocktail named for founder of the Bank of California 2.9. BARBARY COAST OBSCURA The all-seeing eye will help you locate a marker for the Vigilance Committee Headquarters, or fort RALSTON S SAN FRANCISCO GEM This Mural by Maxfield Parrish has adorned this spot since DOWNTOWN GATEKEEPERS Current Display Place of Sam Spade s prized bird [you must photograph the item] LOST BARBARY COAST Historical marker for the former shipwreck hotel, the Niantic LOST DOWNTOWN II Downtown Building Bearing the Family Name of Former USF graduate, Mayor, and Notoriously Anti- Asian Senator OBSCURE SAN FRANCISCO Sidewalk Plaque Remembering the Barbary Coast s Little Chile BARBARY COAST RIDDLES Locate Historical Marker Observing: "If, as they say, God spanked the town, for being over frisky, why did he burn the churches down, and save s whiskey?"

3 3.0. The Sydney Ducks Midterm 3.1. THE STREETS OF THE BARBARY COAST Downtown Street named for American pathfinder who captained the California Battalion and later became the state s first US Senator 3.2. CITY LIGHTS Photograph cover of The Octopus and then enter the Poetry Room and photograph The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers LOST BARBARY COAST Locate the Site of the First U.S. Branch Mint in San Francisco 3.4. LOST DOWNTOWN Former headquarters and building named for famed publisher of San Francisco Examiner 3.5. UPTOWN Nob Hill Hotel named for the Big Four s leader and Great Persuader 3.6. OBSCURE UPTOWN Locate the Relief Depicting Bret Harte s Luck of the Roaring Camp 3.7. HISTORIC EATS The current home of Victor Hirtzler s eponymous culinary creation 3.8. HISTORIC IMBIBING Find the Current home of the Cocktail alleged to be the original martini 3.9. BARBARY COAST OBSCURA The all-seeing eye will help you locate a marker for the Vigilance Committee Headquarters, or fort RALSTON S SAN FRANCISCO GEM Exact Location (including room number) of President Harding s Death in DOWNTOWN GATEKEEPERS Current Display Place of Sam Spade s prized bird [you must photograph the item] LOST BARBARY COAST Downtown Marker commemorating prominent African-American of pre-gold Rush days LOST DOWNTOWN II This former site of Lucky Baldwin s Hotel has Housed Both the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Detective Agency that Employed Dashiell Hammett OBSCURE SAN FRANCISCO The former site of William Richardson s adobe, proclaiming The Birthplace of a Great City BARBARY COAST RIDDLES Locate Uncle Billy Cump s Barbary Coast Office

4 4.0. The Shanghai Kelly Crew 4.1. THE STREETS OF THE BARBARY COAST Historical marker for Montgomery s 1846 landing site 4.2 CITY LIGHTS Photograph cover of The Octopus and then enter the Poetry Room and photograph the cover of Allen Ginsburg s Howl 4.3. LOST BARBARY COAST Locate an original San Francisco Bay shoreline marker 4.4. LOST DOWNTOWN Downtown alley named for author of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 4.5. UPTOWN Nob Hill Hotel named for the Big Four s eccentric numbers guy 4.6. OBSCURE UPTOWN Park Named for California s First Poet Laureate 4.7. HISTORIC EATS The current home of Victor Hirtzler s eponymous culinary creation 4.8. HISTORIC IMBIBING Find the Current home of the Cocktail alleged to be the original martini 4.9. BARBARY COAST OBSCURA Barbary Coast saloon (c.1849), originally the schooner Arkansas, infamous for Shanghaiing customers RALSTON S SAN FRANCISCO GEM Locate portraits of William Ralston and William Sharon on the same wall DOWNTOWN GATEKEEPERS Locate the Exact Location (including Room Number) of the 1921 Fatty Arbuckle Incident LOST BARBARY COAST Historical marker for San Francisco s first newspaper (c. 1847), Sam Brannan s California Star LOST DOWNTOWN II Locate downtown historical marker for the original site of the college that later became USF OBSCURE SAN FRANCISCO Sidewalk marker for notorious political Boss Abe Ruef s former headquarters BARBARY COAST RIDDLES You ll Juana locate this plaque for North Beach settler and Mexican land grantee

5 5.0. Little Pete s Tong 5.1. THE STREETS OF THE BARBARY COAST Locate Nob Hill Street named for noir author of The Maltese Falcon 5.2. CITY LIGHTS Photograph the cover of In Dubious Battle and then enter Poetry Room and photograph Diane di Prima s Memoirs of a Beatnik 5.3. LOST BARBARY COAST This Institute houses the oldest library on the West Coast and one of the oldest chess clubs in America 5.4. LOST DOWNTOWN A Lotta Survivors of 1906 gathered here on every earthquake anniversary 5.5. UPTOWN This plaque demarcates the site of the former mansion of Big Four member & construction boss 5.6. OBSCURE UPTOWN Locate the Nob Hill Relief Depicting Bret Harte s Luck of the Roaring Camp 5.7. HISTORIC EATS 5.8. HISTORIC IMBIBING This Vesuvio s Cocktail spent a lot of time On the Road 5.9. BARBARY COAST OBSCURA Locate Little Pete s Assassination site RALSTON S SAN FRANCISCO GEM Exact Location (including room number) of President Harding s Death in DOWNTOWN GATEKEEPERS Locate the Exact Location (including Room Number) of the 1921 Fatty Arbuckle Incident LOST BARBARY COAST Alley named for the San Francisco Examiner s famous reporter who went missing in LOST DOWNTOWN II This former site of Lucky Baldwin s Hotel has Housed Both the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Detective Agency that Employed Dashiell Hammett OBSCURE SAN FRANCISCO This Exclusive Nob Hill Owl warns Weaving Spiders Come Not Here BARBARY COAST RIDDLES Barbary Coast alley named for 1850s San Francisco banker and later Civil War General. You might need to use your Old Brains for the answer

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