San Francisco

zpub's San Francisco pages
This site's History of San Francisco section alone is worth the visit.  There you'll find the texts of classics such  The  Annals of San Francisco from the 1850s which ought to be good enough to settle any bar room wager.  John McGloin consulted it for his locally well known book San Francisco: The Story of a City.  One feature which you'll want to bookmark is a list of SF walking tours...

     "San Francisco is a city of delightful neighborhoods where history, architecture, shops, and people

      reflect the cultural variety of our cosmopolitan population."

The Museum of the City of San Francisco

San Francisco City and County municipal museum's site with information about everything related to San Francisco's remarkable history. Of particular interest is the San Francisco History by Year section.

The Bay Area

Crittenden Connection Networks Silicon Valley Pages
See especially this site's Bay Area Cities page containing a handy list of links to the
Web pages of Bay Area municipalities.