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Third Mayor of San Francisco

Dr. Harris sailed from New York on February 9, 1849 enroute to Panama. He arrived there on March 7 and had to wait two-and-a-half months for a steamer to San Francisco.

Few sailing vessels were landing at Panama during that time. Those that did left crowded with passengers at extravagant prices.

Dr. Harris was fortunate book passage on the S.S. Panama, which arrived in San Francisco on June 6, 1849. By virtue of the fact that he arrived on these shores prior to January 1, 1850, he became a member of the "Society of California Pioneers."

After forty days of gold-digging at Smith's Bar, Dr. Harris returned to San Francisco to set up a drug business at the corner of Clay and Montgomery with goods he had previously shipped from New York.

Even though he lost his business to the disasterous fires that claimed early San Francisco, he perserved and was elected mayor of San Francisco in September 1851, and City Comptroller in 1853.

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Page: http://www.maritimeheritage.org/vips/harrisStephen
Date Entered: Between 1998 and 2008
Source: Geographicus, Newspaper Archives, Daily Alta California, Family Papers, Historical Records, Submissions from Researchers

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