William Bernard's strange death - and the equally strange fate of his body - tells us a lot about the chaos of goldrush-era San Francisco. ..........................................
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Daily Alta California 11 January 1854 — California Digital Newspaper Collection (ucr.edu)
1854: William Snyder killed in most bizarre and terrifying way ever - Flashbak
Sacramento Daily Union 13 January 1854 — California Digital Newspaper Collection (ucr.edu)
SF Genealogy (Archived Page)
Smithsonian Mag | Doctor's Riots
18 Oct 1875, 2 - The Daily News at Newspapers.com
The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century (theconversation.com)
Hoodline | Remembering Yerba Buena Cemetery
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