San Francisco

Known all over the world to be one of the main US economic poles and for the Golden Gate Bridge, the city of San Francisco was originally a Mexican city. The original name was "Yerba Buena" ("Good grass" in Spanish), until in 1846, California became an American state. The 1900s was a difficult years for the city as it became the outbreak of the bubonic plague, and in 1906 there was the famous earthquake caused by the fault of San Andreas, which caused destruction in a large part of the city. But despite these disasters, San Francisco recovered very quickly, and didn't accuse the crisis of Great Depression, indeed. In fact, at that time it became an economic power and driving force for the USA, and the were build Golden Gate Bridge and Okland Bay Bridge.