Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CAGeneral view, looking North, showing the 'sea side' of the structure1984

Golden Gate Bridge, with its approach arch over Fort Point at the San Francisco terminus (right). Behind the arch is Angel Island, and to the left of that, Tiburon, California, mostly obscuring the East Bay hills.

Embarcadero Marina Park Pier

The Embarcadero is the name given the eastern waterfront of San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay. It was originally a seawall, and may have been a Spanish fort. It is also the name of the street that runs along the path of the old seawall.

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The first Europeans to settle in San Francisco were the Spanish, in 1776. With the advent of the California gold rush in 1848 the city entered a period of rapid growth.

European visitors to the Bay Area were preceded 10,000 to 20,000 years earlier by Native Americans. When Europeans arrived, they found the area inhabited by the Yelamu tribe, belonging to a linguistic grouping later called the Ohlone (a Miwok Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between Point Sur and the San Francisco Bay.