• The
California Academy of Natural Sciences (modern display pictured, left) is founded in San Francisco
•
Levi Strauss & Co. is established when
Levi Strauss (pictured, right) arrives from
Buttenheim,
Bavaria, in San Francisco to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York
dry goods business
•
Alameda County is incorporated
• The
California Academy of Natural Sciences (modern display pictured, left) is founded in San Francisco
•
Levi Strauss & Co. is established when
Levi Strauss (pictured, right) arrives from
Buttenheim,
Bavaria, in San Francisco to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York
dry goods business
•
Alameda County is incorporated