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'''The Willows, a popular [[The Mission Becomes a Resort, 1850s |resort]] "out in the country" in the Mission District, in the 1860s. It was near today's 16th and Mission, and the willows of its name are growing around the now-buried Mission Creek which drained the [[Lagoon and 1906 Mission|Dolores Lagoon]].'''
'''The Willows, a popular [[The Mission Becomes a Resort, 1850s |resort]] "out in the country" in the Mission District, in the 1860s. It was near today's 18th and Mission, and the willows of its name are growing around the now-buried Mission Creek.'''


''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

Revision as of 18:59, 10 March 2011

Unfinished History

Mission$willows-horsecar-south-park.jpg

A horse-drawn omnibus near 2nd and Harrison, heading to the Willows in the 1860s.

Mission$the-willows.jpg

The Willows, a popular resort "out in the country" in the Mission District, in the 1860s. It was near today's 18th and Mission, and the willows of its name are growing around the now-buried Mission Creek.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

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