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Can someone give me a fairly detailed version of how Russian Hill got it's name? And the history behind it?
-- Damon Pal (damon.pal@team.telstra.com), January 28, 2003
Russian Hill got it's name because early settlers walked up the hill and found a cemetary with many tombs having russian writting on them. Thus, they called it Russian Hill.
-- Mark (matthieu123@yahoo.com), February 04, 2003.
Please don't close threads.
-- Rp (editor@zpub.com), February 26, 2003.
Please stop closing threads.
-- Rp (editor@zpub.com), February 26, 2003.
vPlease stop closing threads.
-- Sean M. Hall--Western Neighborhoods Project (sunnyside@sfhe.cjb.net), February 26, 2003.