1878
![Construction at the Conservatory of Flowers](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png/100px-Golden_Gate_Park%2C_San_Francisco%2C_Cal%2C_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_2.png)
![Mark Hopkins mansion](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Mhmansion5.jpg/100px-Mhmansion5.jpg)
- The Conservatory of Flowers (pictured) in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco is completed
- Mark Hopkin's mansion (pictured) in San Francisco is completed
- The California Street Cable Railroad, a cable car company, is founded in San Francisco by Leland Stanford
- Austin Herbert Hills and R. W. Hills begin selling coffee and tea from a market stall in San Francisco