California History Timeline, June 22 to June 29

June 22 Theater in 1849 Stephen Massett presented the first concert in San Francisco. His one-man show was held at the Police Court in Portsmouth Square. The British poet-actor, song and dance artist, composer, essayist, lawyer, auctioneer and notary public was a “wandering minstrel in many lands.” Fire in 1851 San Francisco burned for the […]