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Fort Gunnybags 1856

[TEH409 Mills & Vantine Wines & Liquors, Fort Vigilance 1856, BU-36, 4073] Also called Fort Gunnybags, south side of Sacramento St. between Front and Davis. . Headquarters of vigilantes. Bell and guards on top of building. Where Casey and Cora were hanged. Brown & Crowell. (Published in 1856, G.R. Fardon's San Francisco Album) (T.E. Hecht copy)
George R. Fardon (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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