Gold Rush Port—the Maritime Archeology of San Francisco
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Drawing on excavations in buried ships and collapsed buildings from the Gold Rush period, maritime archeologist James P. Delgado re-creates San Francisco's unique maritime landscape, shedding new light on the city's remarkable rise from a small village to a boomtown of thousands in the three short years from 1848 to 1851. Copies of his new book, Gold Rush Port—the Maritime Archeology of San Francisco, will be available for sale.
The Sixth Karl Kortum Award for Maritime History will also be presented at this time by John Kortum, Esq. The Award of $1000 is presented every other year for the best research in selected fields of maritime history. For more information and guidance, please see the Friends’ website at www.maritimelibraryfriends.org. Submissions are accepted at any time, and will be considered in the succeeding September 12 deadline period for each award cycle.
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2 comments:
I don't know why, but this reminded me of the Steamboat Arabia. I got to visit the museum in Kansas City and it was fascinating to see what came out of a buried ship.
That sounds like a great place to visit--they have a very interesting website, http://www.1856.com/ (it's rather graphics intensive, so seems best viewed with a high-speed connection).
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