SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA

San Francisco, located on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, the city and the bay form the largest port in the West coast are a major centre of trade with the Orient, Hawaii, and Alaska. The city was founded in1776, when a Spanish presidio and a mission were established at a location chosen by Juan Bautista de Anza. Gold was discovered there in1848, swelling the city’s population from 300 to 25,000 in two years, During the World War II, San Francisco became the major mainland supply point and port of embarkation for the War in the Pacific. The United Nations Charter was drafted there in 1945, and the Japanese Peace Treaty was signed there in 1951. The city is one of the most gracious and picturesque cities in the United States and is known for its fine restaurants, cable cars, China-town, and Oriental architecture and tearooms. Institutions of higher learning in the city include California State University, San Francisco; the University of San Francisco; the Hastings College of Law; the University of California, San Francisco; Lone Mountain College, and several theological seminaries and junior colleges. The