San Francisco

San Francisco is one of the major metropolitan areas of the United States of America, in the state of California. In the top 15 most-populous city in America for the entire 20th century, San Francisco grew from being a Pacific coast trading port to one of the pre-eminent cities of the world, especially when combined with its Bay Area metropolitan neighbors such as Oakland and San Jose.

One of the first major American seaports on the Pacific Ocean, and connecting through San Francisco Bay toward the gold fields and agricultural valleys of central California, San Francisco grew into being the west coast's financial hub as well as starting point for immigrants during the mid and late 1800's. Devastated in 1906 by a huge earthquake and fire, the city rebounded quickly. San Francisco took the world stage in 1945, when the United Nations charter was signed there.

Key points of interest in San Francisco during the adventures of Indiana Jones include the Golden Gate Bridge (completed in November 1936, opened in 1937) and Chinatown.

In 1936, Indiana Jones boarded a China Clipper seaplane in San Francisco as he headed off across the Pacific toward Nepal in search of Abner Ravenwood.

Appearances

 * Raiders of the Lost Ark