1. Jasper O'Farrell was an Irish-American politician who served as the first surveyor for San Francisco.
13 Facts About Jasper O'Farrell
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Jasper O'Farrell designed the "grand promenade" that became today's Market Street.
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Jasper O'Farrell went to London, England, where he boarded a ship bound for South America.
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Jasper O'Farrell found work with the Mexican government and surveyed much of Marin and Sonoma counties.
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Jasper O'Farrell was one of the first settlers of Sebastopol, where he purchased Rancho Estero Americano in 1843.
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Jasper O'Farrell named the valley after Annaly, Ireland, the home of the O'Farrell family.
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Jasper O'Farrell improved the 1839 street maps produced by the former Mexican alcalde of Yerba Buena, Francisco Guerrero, and his Swiss surveyor, Jean Jacques Vioget.
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Jasper O'Farrell's map covered the area bounded by Post, Mason, and Green Streets and the Bay, and corrected the Vioget street designs, which were.
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Jasper O'Farrell was influential in naming streets, including Market, Lombard, Chestnut, Filbert, and Pine.
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Jasper O'Farrell named Valparaiso Street after the port in Chile, where he lived for a time before coming to San Francisco.
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Jasper O'Farrell was an eye-witness to the murders of Jose de los Reyes Berreyesa and the twin sons, Francisco and Ramon, of Francisco De Haro, in 1846.
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Jasper O'Farrell was the grantee of Rancho Estero Americano and claimant for Rancho Canada de Jonive and Rancho Canada de Capay.
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Jasper O'Farrell was elected as State Senator from Sonoma County in 1858.