Earthquake Shacks Mother Minerva’s Fort In 1926, a woman fought for her home made of three earthquake refugee shacks.
Paid-members only Grab Bag Grab Bag #015 Earthquake, fires, and true love found... all in one Woody LaBounty Grab Bag.
Downtown House Cleaning Day On March 3, 1907, San Francisco gave its rubble-strewn streets a good sweeping.
Ocean Beach The Legacy of Uncle Cliff Cliff Kamaka ruled Fleishhacker Pool and influenced a generation of Kelly's Cove surfers.
Paid-members only Grab Bag Grab Bag #012 Movie houses, monoku, and membership cards in one big Woody Grab Bag.
Ocean Beach The Girl from Wyoming Crossing the continent to San Francisco with $2, a horse, and a dog.
Sunset District The House Built on Sand A 1904 DIY house built in the barren sand dunes of San Francisco's Sunset District still stands today.
Paid-members only Grab Bag Grab Bag #011 A man who sleeps a week, Karl Malden, my Dad, and where to eat in 1953.
Pacific Heights The Irving Institute The scholastic past of a grand California Street apartment building.
Children's Playground The Goat Cart Man Many San Francisco children posed holding the reins of a goat-harnessed rig in the early 1900s. Who was the mysterious King of the Goat Carts?
Paid-members only Grab Bag Grab Bag #010 Appreciating Skid Row, Juanita's Midwinter Fair act, and the idea of a San Francisco Historian Laureate.
Christmas The 12 Firehouses of Christmas From 1948–1950, San Francisco fire stations went crazy with an annual Christmas decoration contest. Here are Woody's top dozen.
Mission District Maguire's Houses Life on one Mission District block on February 22, 1887 at 11:35 a.m.
Paid-members only Grab Bag Grab Bag #009 A true Woody LaBounty Grab Bag: Pawn Stars, Chinatown revealed, historic real estate for sale, and the first San Francisco Story Annual released.
North Point The Cobweb Palace Abe Warner's cobweb-filled saloon in San Francisco's North Point neighborhood was captured on film before demolition and now we know when.
Golden Gate Park Riding the Windmill In the early 1920s, riding one of the blades of Golden Gate Park's Dutch windmill was kind of a thing.
Paid-members only Grab Bag Woody Grab Bag #008 A preview of Woody's San Francisco Story Annual 2022 featuring an excerpt about the larger-than-life diva, Lilian Slinkey, AKA "Madame Durini."
Mission District A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 2 Sunday pleasure resorts like Woodward's Gardens made San Francisco's Mission District more family-friendly in the 1860s and 1870s.
Mission Dolores A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 1 In the 1850s, San Francisco Sunday recreation meant getting across sand dunes and marsh to the Mission.
