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    A Polish officer drew one of the first maps of San Francisco in 1849 — while the city was still exploding
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    A Polish officer drew one of the first maps of San Francisco in 1849 — while the city was still exploding


    In 1849, as San Francisco was growing faster than any administration could control, one of the key maps used to organize streets and plots was drawn by a Polish officer, Aleksander Zakrzewski. It’s a Gold Rush story about paper, property, and how cities are made before governments catch up. Full essay in Polish: Full essay in Polish: San Francisco 1849. Pole who drew a map of the gold rush city

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    1. Aminadab_Brulle on

      So far, there’s a stubble field in here,

      But there will be San Francisco,

      And here, where this molehill is,

      My bank will be standing.