Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/138

1877

Frank M. Pixley, founder & editor of The Argonaut

• A two day pogrom waged against Chinese immigrants in San Francisco by the city's majority white population, resulting in four deaths and the destruction of more than $100,000 worth of property belonging to the city's Chinese immigrant population.
• The Argonaut literary journal is founded by Frank M. Pixley (pictured) in San Francisco