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Western Neighborhoods Project is dedicated to the history of San Francisco's Richmond, Sunset, OMI and West of Twin Peaks districts.
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Camp Merritt
In 1898 the Army bivouacked thousands of soldiers on open land in the Inner Richmond District
SF West History Minute - Aug 31, 2010
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