1874
![Old San Francisco Mint](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg/100px-Old_San_Francisco_Mint.jpg)
![East Brother Island Lighthouse](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg/100px-East_Brother_Island_Lighthouse%2C_San_Pablo_Bay%2C_CA.jpg)
- The second San Francisco Mint building (pictured) is completed
- Markham Vineyards is founded in the Napa Valley
- East Brother Island Light (pictured) is built on East Brother Island near the tip of Point San Pablo in Richmond
- The Oakland Tribune begins publishing