According to SFGATE's neighborhoods guide [https://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/bernalheights/] , Bernal Heights was originally part of the Rancho de las Salinas y Potrero Nuevo, and owes its name to Jose Cornelio de Bernal, to whom the land was granted in 1839 by the Mexican government. In the 1860s the rancho was subdivided into small lots, and was first populated primarily by Irish immigrants who farmed the land and ran dairy ranches. According to legend, a mini gold rush was triggered in 1876 when con artists planted the hilltop with traces of gold.
Bernal Heights is a neighborhood of many names. There’s “Nanny Goat Hill,” referencing the goats that used to graze there. There’s “Red Hill,” a name given to reflect the amount of radical anti war…
According to SFGATE's neighborhoods guide [https://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/bernalheights/] , Bernal Heights was originally part of the Rancho de las Salinas y Potrero Nuevo, and owes its name to Jose Cornelio de Bernal, to whom the land was granted in 1839 by the Mexican government. In the 1860s the rancho was subdivided into small lots, and was first populated primarily by Irish immigrants who farmed the land and ran dairy ranches. According to legend, a mini gold rush was triggered in 1876 when con artists planted the hilltop with traces of gold.
According to SFGATE's neighborhoods guide , Bernal Heights was originally part of the...
Bernal Heights is a neighborhood of many names. There’s “Nanny Goat Hill,” referencing the goats that used to graze there. There’s “Red Hill,” a name given to reflect the amount of radical anti war…
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