Originally Posted by eddiebrannan
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there's a brannan street in san francisco isn't there? named for america's first millionaire i believe
Sorry, but the money's all gone. This from sfmuseum.net:
"Brannan Street
Samuel Brannan
Leader of Mormon Immigration of 1846
Came to Yerba Buena from New York in July 1846 on the ship Brooklyn as the leader of a group of 240 Mormons. He arrived about three weeks after Sloat had occupied Monterey. Brannan brought to the city its first printing press and started the California Star, the first newspaper in San Francisco.
In 1847 he opened a store at Sutter’s Fort and was the first to publicize in San Francisco the discovery of gold. He became head of the 1851 vigilantes and was probably the town’s most influential citizens during the gold rush, being active in organizing banks, telegraph and express companies, and also in advancing the knowledge of agriculture in the Bay Region. He acquired and later lost a large fortune. One unusual venture was a large private loan to the Mexican Government in 1855."
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