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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
(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)
That the west side of San Francisco was covered in sand dunes will come as no surprise to regular listeners. Michael Lange joins Nicole and David to tell us how the City transformed the expanse of sandy, wind swept land into the Richmond and Sunset we know today. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Jan 30, 2021)