Henry Haight
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For the former California governor, see Henry Huntly Haight.
Henry Haight (1820-1869) was an American exchange banker and pioneer. He was the manager of the Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co. in San Francisco during the California gold rush era.
He is the uncle of Henry Huntly Haight (1825–1878), tenth governor of California.[1]
Haight Street, running from San Francisco's Civic Center through the Haight-Ashbury, is said to be named in his honour.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Henry Haight obituary "Death of an Old Citizen". San Francisco Examiner (25 Mar 1869). Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
- ^ San Francisco Streets Named for Pioneers. Museum of the City of San Francisco. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
- Hittell, Theodore Henry (1885). History of California. San Francisco: Pacific Press. OCLC 4350030.
- Sherman, William [1875] (1984). Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. New York: Da Capo Press, pp. 110-112. ISBN 0306802139.
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