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This Shore Line of San Francisco

THIS SHORE LINE OF SAN FRANCISCO  BAY REACHED A POINT TWENTY-FIVE  FEET NORTHEASTERLY FROM THIS SPOT  AT THE TIME GOLD WAS DISCOVERED  BY JAMES W. MARSHALL AT COLOMA,  CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 24,...

THIS SHORE LINE OF SAN FRANCISCO 
BAY REACHED A POINT TWENTY-FIVE 
FEET NORTHEASTERLY FROM THIS SPOT 
AT THE TIME GOLD WAS DISCOVERED 
BY JAMES W. MARSHALL AT COLOMA, 
CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 24, 1848. 
MAP OF OLD WATER LINE SHOWN ON 
TABLET OPPOSITE SIDE OF STREET

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