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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 23: Camp Merritt

Guest Nicole Meldahl talks about the Richmond District's 1898 encampment of volunteer soldiers for the Spanish-American War.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Jun 14, 2013

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 23: Camp Merritt Outside Lands Podcast Episode 23: Camp Merritt

(above) Camp Merritt, 1898

View South from about California Street and Arguello toward Lone Mountain and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Camp Merrit had two sections north and south of Geary (then Point Lobos)

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