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'''A horse-drawn omnibus near 2nd and Harrison, heading to the Willows in the 1860s.'''
'''A horse-drawn omnibus near 2nd and Harrison, heading to the Willows in the 1860s.'''
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== In the 1860's what today is Mission and 16th was a country resort called The Willows, named for the trees growing along the now-buried Missiom Creek. Two period photgraphs of The Willows. ==


[[Image:mission$the-willows.jpg]]
[[Image:mission$the-willows.jpg]]


'''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 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 16th and Mission, and the willows of its name are growing around the now-buried Mission Creek which drained the Dolores Lagoon.'''
 
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''Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer ''


Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer
photos courtesy Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA


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Revision as of 23:08, 15 November 2007

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 16th and Mission, and the willows of its name are growing around the now-buried Mission Creek which drained the Dolores Lagoon.

photos courtesy Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

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