Summary: A weekly handful of the weird and wonderful happenings that have made San Francisco, San Francisco. November 10, 1849 - Gold rush in full swing: the Collector of the Port of San Francisco files an official report stating that since April 1st, 697 ships have already arrived. November 15, 1856 - After her husband (the captain) is incapacitated, teenaged Mary Ann Patten heroically assumes control of a clipper ship, sailing it around the Horn and into San Francisco Bay.
