Sans Souci Valley
Background
Sans Souci Valley used to be the easiest walking route connecting Mission Dolores and the Presidio. Hubert Howe Bancroft's History of California, evaluates an assertion by Mariano Vallejo (in Vallejo's Discurso Histórico of October 8, 1876) that the former "Lake Dolores" (or "Laguna de los Dolores") was located "in Sans Souci Valley, north of the Mission". Bancroft's conclusion is that it was not. Research by Christopher Richard has since shown that Lake Dolores was one and the same as the wide area of Mission Creek. Research by Joel Pomerantz has shown that other vernal lakes did exist at the location in Sans Souci Valley described by Vallejo.
In the 19th century, the spelling was variable between Sans Souci and San Souci, with some maps including both.
See also
References
- ^ In 1994 Tubular Times (1994) printed an article by Joel Pomerantz on The Wiggle
- ^ Joel Pomerantz retracting part of his assumptions about the creek's flow
- ^ Gaar, Greg; Miller, Ryder W. (2006-01-01). San Francisco: A Natural History. Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 9780738529875.
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1884). History of California. 1884-90. History Company. p. 294.
- ^ Article in Mission Local
- ^ Phelps Lake and Sans Souci Lake
- ^ See road name and claim name, which conflict
37°46′11″N 122°25′51″W / 37.7696°N 122.4309°W