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The race course was sold to the San Francisco Homestead Association in 1862 (or 1863) for $ 500 per acre, but would be worth $ 20,000 per acre within a decade. Lots within the property were auctioned in 1864. Early houses built within the property are now part of the Shotwell Street historic
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Pioneer was the first race course in San Francisco. At the time that it was built, no streets existed in the neighborhood. After construction, it appears to have been bounded by 24th St. (formerly Park St.), 26th St. (formerly Navy St.), Capp St., and Florida St.
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in October 1863, and for a time also served as the railway's San Francisco station. The positioning of the course, as well as the later built nearby
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1864 San Francisco surveyor showing Pioneer Race Course Tract (housing tract made from the Course's land) (East at top of map)
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From 1862 until 1863 (some sources report 1865), the site of the course served a civil war encampment called
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On May 21, 1854, the Pioneer Race Course was the site of a duel between lawyer George T. Hunt and his friend
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district, and another house within the property may be the oldest remaining home building in San Francisco.
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In October 1854, the race course was the site of the stock show at the first California State Fair.
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1861 Map of San Francisco, showing Pioneer Race Course (North at top of map)
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for the 2nd California Cavalry, before they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.
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The course was the site of a celebration of the completion of the
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and his brother John Treat. The racetrack was physically built by
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Pioneer Race Course advertisement dated June 12, 1853
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Index


Mission District
San Francisco, California
George Treat
Alfred Green
Numa Hubert
Camp Alert
San Francisco-San Jose Railway
Union Race Course
1857 Map showing Pioneer Race Course and nearby Union Race Course (West at top of map)
Union Race Course
1864 San Francisco surveyor showing Pioneer Race Course Tract (housing tract made from the Course's land) (East at top of map)
1861 Map of San Francisco, showing Pioneer Race Course (North at top of map)
"San Francisco Directory"
"The Del Mar Race Track 75 Years of Turf and Surf"
"Vanished Waters of Southeastern San Francisco"
"The Mission Becomes a Resort, 1850s"
"When the Mission District was home to horse racing"
"SAN FRANCISCO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 13559"
"Real Estate Speculation Starts"
"South Mission Historic Resources Survey Historic District Description- Shotwell Street Victoriana"
"Treat Treatise"
Silent Traveller in San Francisco
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ISBN
978-0393084221
"SFgenealogy Obituaries and Death Notices"
"The Hubert-Hunt Duel on One Voter Project"
Appendix to the Journals of the Forty-Third Session of the Legislature of the State of California
"Camp Alert"

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