we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien' until in 1849 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt their fortune and gold awaited. so the niantic crew rebuilt her for a passenger ship and left panama with nearly 250 pioneers. arrived in san francisco as one of the first ship to bring 49ers ashore. legend has it, newcomers would jump ship before it could even drop anchor in san francisco bay. within a few days, most of the nianic crew abandoned her for the gold rush too. so the captain sailed the niantic as close to land as they could get, running her aground on the shore where clay and montgomery streets now meet. there, the niantic became a store, offices and hotel. somebody cut a door in her side and inscribed rest for the weary and storage for trunk, at last, a great fire in 1851 burned much of the niantic so the san franciscoians built the niantic whole known as one of the best in the city. then it too burned down in 1872. the next incarnation,

we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien' until in 1849 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt their fortune and gold awaited. so the niantic crew rebuilt her for a passenger ship and left panama with nearly 250 pioneers. arrived in san francisco as one of the first ship to bring 49ers ashore. legend has it, newcomers would jump ship before it could even drop anchor in san francisco bay. within a few days, most of the nianic crew abandoned her for the gold rush too. so the captain sailed the niantic as close to land as they could get, running her aground on the shore where clay and montgomery streets now meet. there, the niantic became a store, offices and hotel. somebody cut a door in her side and inscribed rest for the weary and storage for trunk, at last, a great fire in 1851 burned much of the niantic so the san franciscoians built the niantic whole known as one of the best in the city. then it too burned down in 1872. the next incarnation,

we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien' until in 1849 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt

we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien9 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt their fortune and gold awaited. so the niantic crew rebuilt her for a passenger ship and left panama with nearly 250 pioneers. arrived in san francisco as one of the first ship to bring 49ers ashore. legend has it, newcomers would jump ship before it could even drop anchor in san francisco bay. within a few days, most of the nianic crew abandoned her for the gold rush too. so the captain sailed the niantic as close to land as they could get, running her aground on the shore where clay and montgomery streets now meet. there, the niantic became a store, offices and hotel. somebody cut a door in her side and inscribed rest for the weary and storage for trunk, at last, a great fire in 1851 burned much of the niantic so the san franciscoians built the niantic whole known as one of the best in the city. then it too burned down in 1872. the next incarnation, the stone nia

we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien' until in 1849 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt their fortune and gold awaited. so the niantic crew rebuilt her for a passenger ship and left panama