San Francisco

History of San Francisco

Brief History of San Francisco Summarized We review the brief summary history of San Francisco. The principles of San Francisco Before the arrival of Europeans, two groups of Native Americans lived in the San Francisco area, the Ohlone and the Miwok. They were hunter-gatherers and lived by hunting animals, fishing, and gathering shellfish and nuts. Francis Drake anchored his ship at Point Reyes in 1579, but failed to discover San Francisco Bay. Much later, in 1769, Gaspar de Portola led a Spanish expedition overland and found the bay. Then, in 1776, Juan de Anza led a group of settlers to…