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1847
Sam Brannan
- Samuel Brannan's California Star begins publishing in Yerba Buena (Sam Brannan pictured)
- The Californian moves to Yerba Buena from Monterey, shortly after the California Star debuts
- Alcalde Washington Allon Bartlett proclaims that Yerba Buena will henceforth be known as San Francisco
- Nathan Coombs purchases a 325 acres (1.3 km2) farm on Rancho Napa from Salvador Vallejo, and 80 acres (0.3 km2) of Rancho Entre Napa from Nicholas Higuera
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