Yerba Buena Island
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Yerba Buena Island sits in San Francisco Bay within the borders of the City and County of San Francisco. The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of th
Yerba Buena Island with the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in the foreground
Aerial photo of Treasure Island (top) and Yerba Buena Island (bottom)
Yerba Buena Tunnel, a double-deck tunnel, carries Bay Bridge traffic between the eastern and western spans, seen here westbound
View of new housing developments and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Yerba Buena, California
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Yerba Buena was an anchorage spot and later a settlement that grew into the city of San Francisco, California. The settlement, built in an area known earlier as El Paraje de Yerba Buena and named for
San Francisco in 1848, not long after being renamed from Yerba Buena, looking to the northeast over Yerba Buena Cove toward Yerba Buena Island. Lithograph by Sarony & Major from sketch by J. C. Ward.
Presidio of San Francisco in Alta California, in 1817. Lithograph by Victor Adam from drawing by Louis Choris.
View of the Yerba Buena at the time of the American conquest of California, based on the testimony of Captain William F. Sawsey. Illustration ca. 1884 by the Edward Bosqui Co.