Interesting San Francisco Facts

Denim jeans were invented in San Francisco for the Gold Rush miners who needed tough, comfortable clothing

Irish coffee was invented in San Francisco

Al Capone spent five years in prison in Alcatraz

In Star Trek, Star Fleet HQ is located just north of San Francisco

San Francisco is built on 43 hills

San Francisco has the highest number of homeless inhabitants per capita of any major city in the United States

Soon after the Golden Gate Park opened in 1890, John McLaren, the park's designer added a free-range zoo that was home to elk, bears, goats, and buffalo. The buffalo are the only ones that remain

The Dahlia is San Franciscos official flower