Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/164
Appearance
1851
![Ida B. Wells High School](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg/100px-Ida_B_Wells_High_School_San_Francisco_January_2013_002.jpg)
![1851 hanging by the Vigilance Committee](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg/70px-Whittaker_andMcKenzie_hanging_Barber_1865p644.jpg)
• The San Francisco Unified School District is established, as the first public school district in California (historic Ida B. Wells High School building pictured, right)
• The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance is formed in response to rampant crime and corruption in the municipal government (1851 hanging pictured, left)
• Congregation Emanu-El is chartered in San Francisco
• A fire destroys large swaths of San Francisco