san simian. and 1865 california had only been a state for 15 years and he was buying up mexican land grants. this is the valley of the cross. and the slide on the left is san simian bay. when william was a boy, the family would take the steamers down from san francisco which they would dock at the bay and the family would make a habit to come up to top of the hill to camp on a high prominence, 1600 feet up above the coastal fog. william joked later in life he was so young the first time he made the trek, he only managed it by hanging on the the tail of his pony. there they set up a spot called camp hill. but phoebe had a lot of cultural aspirations and travelled abroad with him. the first time he went to new york, he was 10. phoebe wrote back to george in the mines, he is picture crazy. he wants to buy everything that he sees. he did at the age of 10 begin collecting. he started collecting me papal medallions cartoons, and that would figure later. he like a lot of rich americans was educated back east. he went to st. paul and harvard but never got a degree. he was dispelled -- rustic action t ex-d as they put it sent home, for as he put it a deficiency in studies and