I can get lost in a good map

Coittower1I love a good map.

Found this awesome map that is focused on the history of place names in San Francisco.

For example did you know that Coit Tower was named after Lillie Hitchcock Coit.
Famed for her history with San Francisco’s volunteer firefighters, Coit became a “mascot” for Knickerbocker Engine Co. No. 5 at the age of fifteen. She willed one-third of her estate to the city of San Francisco, which used it to construct two monuments: Coit Tower and a statue of firefighters in Washington Square Park.

Yay Firefighters.

I could spend hours exploring the history of the places of the City by the Bay.

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