Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/166

1849
 * A small coffee stand (1983 menu pictured, left) opens on Clay Street in San Francisco
 * Boudin Bakery is established in San Francisco, producing San Francisco sourdough (loaves pictured, right)
 * The Alta California begins publishing in San Francisco
 * Bayard Taylor visits San Francisco and the Gold Country, writing about the Gold Rush
 * The Niantic whaling ship is stranded by its crew on the shore of San Francisco, who desert it to join the Gold Rush
 * Irish immigrants Peter and James Donahue found Union Iron Works (pictured) in South of Market, San Francisco
 * San Francisco's population is 25,000, an increase by 2,400% from 1848's 1,000