Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/156
Appearance
1859
![Alcatraz Citadel, 1908](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg/100px-Alcatraz_citadel1.jpg)
- Alcatraz Citadel (pictured) is built on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay
- Laurentine Hamilton comes to San Jose to preach at the First Presbyterian Church of San Jose
- Emperor Norton declares himself "NORTON I, Emperor of the United States" in San Francisco
- Francis K. Shattuck is elected the fifth mayor of Oakland