John Freemont, a captain with the U.S. Corp of Topographical Engineers gave the Golden Gate its name in 1846.
“To the gate I gave the name Chrysopylae, or, Golden Gate, “ he wrote nearly a hundred years before the bridge was built.
A view from Conzelman Road in the Marin Headlands
February 21, 2013

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