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This 8 page paper discusses the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, which is still the worst quake in U.S. history. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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in a short paper; it can only give a cursory examination of the This paper discusses the experience. Discussion The city of San Francisco started life as the "scraggly little
village of Yerba Buena," and in 1846 it was still a sleep little town set amid "barren sand dunes fringed with wind-stunted oaks and populated mainly by billions of fleas
that tormented man and beast alike."1 Then in 1848 gold was discovered in California, and the Gold Rush of 1849 brought thousands of people West; the population jumped from approximately
500 in 1847 to 30,000 in 1851, setting a pattern of growth that continued throughout most of the 19th century.2 By 1906, the city had a population of 410,000, and
was a "world-class metropolis whose citizens, at the dawn of a new century; looked forward with a sense of civic pride and growing confidence."3 In 1906, "Market Street was
San Franciscos main artery; a 120-foot-wide thoroughfare that showcased some of the citys most impressive landmarks."4 Some of them are still there, including the Union Ferry Depot, known then (and
now) simply as the "Ferry Building."5 The Palace Hotel was situated on Market Street, and at the time was the "largest and most luxurious hotel on the West Coast, comprising
800 rooms and rising an "impressive" seven stories.6 The hotel featured a "central grand court surrounded by tier after tier of columned galleries and crowned by a domed ceiling of
amber colored glass."7 The hotel was unusual in another way as well. It was built by William Ralston, who had given a good deal of thought to how to protect
the building in case of earthquakes, which had already shaken the area in 1865 and again in 1868.8 He used three thousand tons of "earthquake proof iron banding" to strengthen
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