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Presidio of San Francisco
Site Index
Presidio of San Francisco
A Vision for the Presidio 12-July-2006
Contact Us 26-October-2005
Desktop Photo of the Week 27-June-2006
Frequently Asked Questions 26-October-2005
Leasing Opportunities 27-June-2006
Presidio of San Francisco 26-October-2005
Presidio Trust 23-June-2006
Scheduling Events 27-June-2006
For Teachers
For Teachers 22-June-2006
History & Culture
1906 Earthquake and the Army 16-November-2006
1906 Earthquake: Chinese Displacement 10-February-2007
1906 Earthquake: Fire Fighting 17-November-2006
1906 Earthquake: Law Enforcement 17-November-2006
1906 Earthquake: Medical Care and Sanitation 17-November-2006
1906 Earthquake: Refugee Camps 17-November-2006
1906 Earthquake: Relief Efforts 17-November-2006
1906 Earthquake: Signal Corps 17-November-2006
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition 06-July-2006
1915 World Fair 06-July-2006
Adelbert von Chamisso 08-November-2006
Adolphus Washington Greely (page 1/2) 08-November-2006
Adolphus Washington Greely (page 2/2) 08-November-2006
Architecture: Colonial Revival (1880 - 1940) 04-December-2006
Architecture: Eclectic Anomalies 04-December-2006
Architecture: Greek Revival (1840 - 1860) & Italianate (1860 - 1880) 04-December-2006
Architecture: Mediterranean and Italian Renaissance Revival (1920 - 1940) 04-December-2006
Architecture: Mission Revival (1910 - 1940) 04-December-2006
Architecture: Post-War Era / Modern (1945 to the present) 04-December-2006
Architecture: Queen Anne (1880 - 1890) 04-December-2006
Architecture: Utilitarian (1860 to the present) 04-December-2006
Architecture: World War II Era (1940 - 1945) 04-December-2006
Aviation at Crissy Field 14-May-2007
Batteries East and West 06-December-2006
Buffalo Soldiers and the Spanish-American War 21-February-2008
Buffalo Soldiers in The National Cemetery 20-February-2008
Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Buried at the Presidio 19-February-2008
Charles Varnum 30-November-2006
Charles Young - Buffalo Soldier 22-June-2006
Charles Young - Leader of Men 22-June-2006
Charles Young on Foreign Shores 25-October-2006
Charles Young on Sequoia National Park 08-November-2006
Civilian Contributor List 28-June-2006
Civilian Memories: 1950s and earlier 28-June-2006
Civilian Memories: 1960s through 1970s 28-June-2006
Civilian Memories: 1980s to the Present 28-June-2006
Collections 29-November-2006
Concepcion Arguello & Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov: A Presidio Love Story 01-December-2006
Crissy Field (page 1/2) 20-November-2006
Crissy Field (page 2/2) 20-November-2006
Crissy Field Aircraft 20-November-2006
Dana Crissy 09-November-2006
Defender of the Gate 14-December-2006
East Cantonment 20-February-2008
Eda Blankart Funston (page 1/2) 01-December-2006
Eda Blankart Funston (page 2/2) 01-December-2006
El Presidio de San Francisco 14-December-2006
Footnotes 20-February-2008
Fort Point 06-December-2006
Fort Scott Batteries 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Baldwin (1901-1920) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Blaney (1900-1920) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Boutelle (1900-1917) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Chamberlin (1904-1948) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Cranston (1897-1943) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Crosby (1900-1943) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Dynamite (1895-1904) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Godfrey (1895-1943) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Howe-Wagner (1895-1920) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Lancaster (1898-1918) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Marcus Miller (1897-1920) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery McKinnon-Stotsenberg (1898-1943) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Saffold (1895-1943) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Sherwood (1900-1917) 22-November-2006
Fort Scott: Battery Slaughter (1900-1917) 22-November-2006
Fort Winfield Scott 22-November-2006
Frederick Funston (page 1/2) 09-November-2006
Frederick Funston (page 2/2) 09-November-2006
From the Journal of Adelbert von Chamisso 09-November-2006
Funston Avenue Officers' Houses 29-November-2006
Highlighted Memory 24-June-2006
Historical Studies 14-December-2006
History & Culture 22-June-2006
History of San Francisco National Cemetery 10-July-2006
Indigenous Period 21-November-2006
Infantry Buffalo Soldiers Buried at the Presidio 27-February-2008
Irvin McDowell 10-November-2006
John Pershing - Success and Tragedy 09-November-2006
John Pershing - The Early Years 09-November-2006
John Pershing - World War I 09-November-2006
Juana Briones (page 1/2) 09-November-2006
Juana Briones (page 2/2) 09-November-2006
Letterman Hospital Complex (page 1/2) 28-November-2006
Letterman Hospital Complex (Page 2/2) 28-November-2006
Main Post 15-November-2006
Mexican Period: 1822-1846 21-November-2006
Military Architecture 04-December-2006
Military Architecture at the Presidio 16-February-2007
Military Contributor List 28-June-2006
Montgomery Street Barracks 29-November-2006
Officers' Club 29-November-2006
On The Western Frontier 20-February-2008
Patrolling Sequoia National Park 21-February-2008
Pauline Cushman-Fryer 15-November-2006
People 22-June-2006
Pershing Square 15-November-2006
Places 08-November-2006
Post to Park Transition 21-November-2006
Presidio Fire Station 29-November-2006
Presidio Garrison 21-February-2008
Presidio Memories 24-June-2006
Presidio Memories of Military Personnel 24-June-2006
Presidio Memories: 1940s through 1950s 24-June-2006
Presidio Memories: 1960s through 1970s 24-June-2006
Presidio Memories: 1980s to the present 24-June-2006
Presidio Memories-Military Dependents, Spouses and Other Civilians 28-June-2006
Presidio Pet Cemetery 22-November-2006
Pursuing Pancho Villa 21-February-2008
San Francisco National Cemetery 15-November-2006
San Francisco National Cemetery: Famous Interments 10-November-2006
Spanish American War - "A Splendid Little War" 26-March-2008
Spanish Artillery 04-December-2006
Spanish Artillery: Birgen de Barbaneda 04-December-2006
Spanish Artillery: Poder 04-December-2006
Spanish Artillery: San Domingo 04-December-2006
Spanish Artillery: San Francisco 04-December-2006
Spanish Artillery: San Martin 04-December-2006
Spanish Artillery: San Pedro 04-December-2006
Spanish Period: 1776 to 1822 21-November-2006
Stories 15-November-2006
Submit a Presidio picture to share 24-June-2006
The Alameda 29-November-2006
The Barracks 20-February-2008
The Buffalo Soldiers 15-November-2006
The Buffalo Soldiers Exhibit 21-February-2008
The Cavalry Barracks 20-February-2008
The Final Years 20-February-2008
The Philippine War - A Conflict of Conscience for African Americans 21-February-2008
The Philippine War - Suppressing An Insurrection 27-March-2008
The Rodman Process 23-January-2007
The Stables 21-February-2008
The Visitor Center 21-February-2008
U.S. Military Period: 1846-1994 21-November-2006
William Shafter 30-November-2006
William Thompkins 30-November-2006
Winfield Scott 22-November-2006
World War I and the Buffalo Soldiers 21-February-2008
World War II Memorial 15-November-2006
Nature & Science
A Climate of Contrasts 11-December-2006
Allen's Hummingbird 06-November-2007
American Coot 06-November-2007
American Crow 06-November-2007
American Goldfinch 06-November-2007
American Kestrel 06-November-2007
American Robin 06-November-2007
Amphibians 27-February-2007
Animals 28-July-2006
Anna's Hummingbird 06-November-2007
Arboreal Salamander 28-June-2007
Arroyo Willow Riparian Forest 05-December-2007
Barn Swallow 06-November-2007
Basalt 25-January-2008
Beach Evening Primrose 31-October-2007
Beach Strawberry 01-November-2007
Belted Kingfisher 06-November-2007
Bermuda Buttercup 03-November-2007
Bicolor Lupine or Miniature Lupine 01-November-2007
Black Phoebe 07-November-2007
Black Turnstone 06-November-2007
Black-crowned Night-Heron 07-November-2007
Blue Toadflax 02-November-2007
Blue Wildflowers 15-November-2007
Bluedicks 28-December-2007
Blue-eyed Grass 01-November-2007
Brandts Cormorant 07-November-2007
Brewer's Blackbird 07-November-2007
Broad-Footed Mole 07-December-2006
Brown Creeper 06-November-2007
Brown Pelican 07-November-2007
Brown-headed Cowbird 07-November-2007
Bullfrog 28-June-2007
Bushtit 07-November-2007
California Alligator Lizard 30-June-2007
California Buttercup 31-October-2007
California Goldfields 31-October-2007
California Gull 07-November-2007
California Hedgenettle 02-November-2007
California Phacelia 02-November-2007
California Poppy 31-October-2007
California Quail 06-November-2007
California Slender Salamander 28-June-2007
California Toad 28-June-2007
California Towhee 07-November-2007
California Vole 07-December-2006
Calla Lily 03-November-2007
Canada Goose 07-November-2007
Ceanothus or Coast Blue Blossom 02-November-2007
Chamisso's Lupine 02-November-2007
Checkerbloom 02-November-2007
Chert 25-January-2008
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 07-November-2007
Coast Angelica 01-November-2007
Coast Bluff Scrub Community 05-December-2007
Coast Buckwheat 01-November-2007
Coast Cryptantha or Popcorn Flower 01-November-2007
Coast Dandelion 31-October-2007
Coast Fiddleneck 31-October-2007
Coast Garter Snake 30-June-2007
Coast Live Oak Riparian Forest 05-December-2007
Coast Range Newt 28-June-2007
Coast Rock Cress 02-November-2007
Coastal Dune Scrub Community 05-December-2007
Coastal Live Oak Riparian Forest 30-January-2008
Coastal Onion 02-November-2007
Coastal Prairie - Serpentine Grassland Community 05-December-2007
Coastal Serpentine Scrub 05-December-2007
Coastal Tidytips 01-November-2007
Cobweb Thistle 02-November-2007
Common Raven 07-November-2007
Coyote 07-December-2006
Dark-eyed Junco 07-November-2007
Deerweed 01-November-2007
Double-crested Cormorant 07-November-2007
Douglas Iris 02-November-2007
Downy Woodpecker 07-November-2007
Dune Gilia 02-November-2007
Dune Knotweed 01-November-2007
Dune Tansy 01-November-2007
Elegant Tern 06-November-2007
European Starling 07-November-2007
Fennel 03-November-2007
Footsteps-Of -Spring 01-November-2007
Foredune Plant Community 05-December-2007
Forster's Tern 07-November-2007
Fox Squirrel 07-December-2006
Franciscan terrane map 01-February-2008
Franciscan Thistle 06-December-2007
French Broom 03-November-2007
Freshwater Marsh Community 05-December-2007
Freshwater Seep Community 05-December-2007
From Plates to Clouds to Dunes 03-January-2008
Fumitory 03-November-2007
Geologic Map and Cross-Section 19-January-2008
Geologic Setting 25-January-2008
Geologic Thrusts From The Past 19-January-2008
Giant Vetch 02-November-2007
Golden-crowned Sparrow 07-November-2007
Gopher Snake 30-June-2007
Gray Fox 07-December-2006
Graywacke Sandstone 25-January-2008
Great Blue Heron 07-November-2007
Great Egret 07-November-2007
Great Horned Owl 06-November-2007
Greater Periwinkle 03-November-2007
Greater Scaup 07-November-2007
Harvest Brodiaea 02-November-2007
Heermann's Gull 07-November-2007
Hermit Thrush 07-November-2007
Himalayan Blackberry 03-November-2007
Hoary Bat 07-December-2006
Hooded Oriole 23-February-2008
House Finch 08-November-2007
House Mouse 07-December-2006
House Sparrow 08-November-2007
Hutton's Vireo 06-November-2007
Ice Plant 03-November-2007
Ithuriel's Spear 02-November-2007
Killdeer 08-November-2007
Lesser Goldfinch 08-November-2007
Life on the Plates' Edge 02-February-2008
Liveforever 01-November-2007
Lizard Tail 01-November-2007
Long-billed Curlew 08-November-2007
Mélange 25-January-2008
Mallard 08-November-2007
Mammals 06-December-2006
Marbled Godwit 08-November-2007
Marin Dwarf Flax 06-December-2007
Mediterranean Climate 07-December-2007
Mew Gull 08-November-2007
Milkmaids 01-November-2007
Mock Heather 01-November-2007
Mourning Dove 08-November-2007
Narrowleaf Mule-ears 01-November-2007
Native Plant Communities 05-December-2007
Nature & Science 15-June-2006
Non-native Flowers 02-January-2008
Northern Flicker 08-November-2007
Northern Mockingbird 08-November-2007
Northwestern Pond Turtle 30-June-2007
Orange-crowned Warbler 06-November-2007
Pacific Ringneck Snake 30-June-2007
Photo contest 15-June-2006
Pine Siskin 06-November-2007
Pink Sand Verbena 02-November-2007
Pink to Red Wildflowers 28-December-2007
Plant Distribution 07-December-2007
Plants 14-July-2006
Presidio Birds 13-November-2007
Presidio Clarkia 03-November-2007
Pygmy Nuthatch 08-November-2007
Raccoon 07-December-2006
Rare and Endangered Plants 06-December-2007
Raven's Manzanita 06-December-2007
Recent Sand Dunes 19-January-2008
Red Fox 07-December-2006
Red-eared Pond Slider 30-June-2007
Red-shouldered Hawk 08-November-2007
Red-tailed Hawk 08-November-2007
Red-throated Loon 06-November-2007
Red-winged Blackbird 08-November-2007
Reptiles 16-June-2007
Ring-billed Gull 08-November-2007
Rock Dove 08-November-2007
Roof Rat 07-December-2006
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 08-November-2007
Saltwater marsh community 05-December-2007
San Francisco Alligator Lizard 30-June-2007
San Francisco Campion 03-November-2007
San Francisco Gumplant 01-November-2007
San Francisco Lessingia 01-November-2007
San Francisco Owls Clover 01-November-2007
San Francisco Spineflower 03-November-2007
San Francisco Wallflower 01-November-2007
San Francisco Willow Herb 03-November-2007
Sanderling 08-November-2007
Santa Cruz Garter Snake 30-June-2007
Scrub Jay 08-November-2007
Sea Level Rise Since the Last Glaciation 25-January-2008
Sea Rocket 03-November-2007
Sea Thrift or Sea Pink 01-November-2007
Seaside Daisy 02-November-2007
Seaside Paintbrush 02-November-2007
Seep Monkey Flower 01-November-2007
Serpentinite 25-January-2008
Sharp-tailed Snake 30-June-2007
Shooting Star 03-November-2007
Short-billed Dowitcher 06-November-2007
Snowy Egret 08-November-2007
Snowy Plover 06-November-2007
Soap Plant 01-November-2007
Song Sparrow 08-November-2007
Sticky Monkey Flower 01-November-2007
Striped Skunk 07-December-2006
Summer Weather Pattern 07-December-2007
Surf Scoter 09-November-2007
Surfbird 06-November-2007
Sweet Pea 03-November-2007
Tectonic Terrane Map 02-February-2008
The Colma Formation 19-January-2008
The Outsiders 02-January-2008
Townsend's Warbler 09-November-2007
Townsends Big-eared Bat 07-December-2006
Tree Swallow 06-November-2007
Turkey Vulture 09-November-2007
Vagrant Shrew 07-December-2006
Valley Pocket Gopher 07-December-2006
Virginia Opossum 07-December-2006
Weather 11-December-2006
Western Fence Lizard 30-June-2007
Western Grebe 09-November-2007
Western Gull 09-November-2007
Western Harvest Mouse 07-December-2006
Western Meadowlark 06-November-2007
Western Skink 30-June-2007
Whimbrel 09-November-2007
White Wildflowers 28-December-2007
White-crowned Sparrow 09-November-2007
Wild Mustard 03-November-2007
Wild Radish 03-November-2007
Wildflowers 15-November-2007
Willet 09-November-2007
Wilson's Warbler 09-November-2007
Winter Weather Pattern 07-December-2007
Yarrow 01-November-2007
Yellow Bush Lupine 01-November-2007
Yellow Sand Verbena 01-November-2007
Yellow Wildflowers 28-December-2007
Yellow-eyed Salamander 28-June-2007
Yellow-rumped Warbler 09-November-2007
Photos & Multimedia
Philippine War Tour Track_01 24-December-2008
Photos & Multimedia 27-June-2006
Plan Your Visit
Accessibility 24-June-2006
Architectural Sites 29-June-2006
Baker Beach 11-July-2006
Battery Chamberlin 30-June-2006
Battery East 06-July-2006
Campgrounds 23-June-2006
Cavalry Stables and Pet Cemetery 06-July-2006
Citation 06-July-2006
Coastal Bluffs 11-July-2006
Crissy Airfield 06-July-2006
Crissy Field Center 30-June-2006
Crissy Field Marsh and Beach 11-July-2006
Directions 22-June-2006
Education Page 14-July-2006
El Polin Spring 11-July-2006
Exploratorium 30-June-2006
Fees & Reservations 23-June-2006
For Kids 14-July-2006
Fort Point 30-June-2006
Fort Scott 05-July-2006
Fort Winfield Scott 06-July-2006
Golden Gate Bridge 05-July-2006
Golden Gate Club 05-July-2006
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy 24-June-2006
Guided Tours 14-July-2006
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 30-June-2006
Historic Sites 29-June-2006
History of the Officers Club 14-July-2006
Housing Areas 05-July-2006
Infantry row 06-July-2006
Julius Kahn Playground 11-July-2006
Letterman Complex 06-July-2006
Lobos Creek Valley 11-July-2006
Local Partners & Information Resources 23-June-2006
Lodging 24-June-2006
Lovers Lane 11-July-2006
Main Post 06-July-2006
Map showing buildings, roads, trails, and forest 08-February-2008
Maps 14-July-2006
Mountain Lake 11-July-2006
Nature and Recreation Sites 29-June-2006
Nearby Attractions 23-June-2006
Officers club 05-July-2006
Old Post Hospital 05-July-2006
Operating Hours & Seasons 23-June-2006
Outdoor Activities 23-June-2006
Palace of Fine Arts 05-July-2006
Pet Cemetery 06-July-2006
Places To Go 23-June-2006
Plan Your Visit 10-February-2006
Post Interfaith Chapel 05-July-2006
PresidiGo 22-June-2006
Presidio Forest 11-July-2006
Presidio Golf Course 11-July-2006
Presidio Park Map 14-July-2006
Presidio Visitor Center 30-June-2006
Program Registration Form 14-July-2006
Public Health Service Hospital 06-July-2006
Public Transportation 22-June-2006
Schedule Of Events 10-February-2006
Things To Do 10-February-2006
Visitor Centers and Museums 29-June-2006
Weather 24-June-2006
Where To Eat 24-June-2006
Support Your Park
Bookstore 28-July-2006
Support Your Park 28-July-2006
Volunteer 17-August-2006
Refugees in line for supplies, 1906  

Did You Know?
In the three days following the 1906 earthquake, the Army's refugee camps at the Presidio issued 3,000 tents, 12,000 shelter halves, 13,000 ponchos, 58,000 pairs of shoes, and 24,000 regulation blue shirts.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST