![]() (NPS photo) November 5, 1900Whaler Charles W. Morgan leaves San Francisco for Japan & Okhotsk. She returns almost a year later with 1200 barrels of sperm oil, 375 barrels of whale oil, and 2000 pounds of whalebone.![]() (Digital image by NPS) November 8, 1922The Daily News publishes the thirty-seventh and final installment of Max stern's expose of the salmon fishing trade called "The Price of Salmon."![]() (NPS photo) November 15, 1856The clipper ship Neptune's Car arrives in San Francisco after a 136 day voyage from New York. Near the Horn, her captain was striken with a brain fever. His 19 year old pregnant wife, Marry Patten, took command and succussfully navigated the dangerous waters bringing her crew and cargo safely to port.![]() Edward S. Hodgson, illustrator November 21, 1910At approximately 2:00 a.m., two would-be pirates attempted to take over the SS Buckman, run it aground, and make off with $2 million in gold dust they believed the ship was carrying. Although their efforts were thwarted by the crew, they did shoot and kill the captain before one of the pirates ran and hid in his bunk while the other escaped overboard empty-handed. |
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