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US Urban History
- U.S. Urban History, (HST 1543) by Clay McShane, 2002, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
- The Making of Urban America, Raymond A. Mohl, ed., 1997 (h-net.org review)
- Urban History Association, Cincinnati, OH
- Urban History and Environmental History in the United States: Complementary and Overlapping Fields, by Joel A. Tarr
- US Urban History, by Dr. J. Mark Souther Dept. of History, Cleveland State University, 2005
Early industrial Cities
- Bethlehem Digital History Project [.pdf] [Bethelehem PA]
Boston
- Boston History
- Greater Boston Time Line
- Broad Street: Boston 1980s urban scene
- Greater Boston Historical Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library
- Boston Map Current, University of Texas
- Massachusetts Maps, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas
- Open Space Plan 2002-2006, City of Boston maps and policy
- A Maritime History of Massachusetts, National Register Historic Places
Buffalo
- The Preservation Coalition of Erie County
- Buffalo as an Architectural Museum
Chicago
- To the WWW-VL: US History: Chicago History Index
- Histories of Great Chicago Business Enterprises, Illinois
- Chicago Landmarks, Monuments and Sites of Historical Interest
- The Great Department Stores
- Chicago Newspapers, Radio, Television
- Chicago Popular Amusements
- Chicago Neigborhood Histories
- Chicago Parish Histories
- Chicago Transportation
Cleveland
- Cleveland Ohio History, Wikipedia
- The Cleveland Memory Project [an extensive and growing collection of images and e-books], from Cleveland State University Library
- Cleveland: A Bicentennial Timeline, 1996, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- The Euclid Heights Allotment: a palimpsest of the 19th century search for real estate value in Cleveland's East End, by William C. Barrow, Cleveland State University
- The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, from Case Western Reserve
- Cleveland Post Cards
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, Cleveland, OH
- Virtual Reference Desk : Cleveland Area Resources, Cleveland State University Library, Cleveland, Ohio
Detroit
- Marine Historical Society of Detroit
- Sketches of the city of Detroit, state of Michigan, past and present, by Robert E. Roberts (1855) [MOA]
- Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
- The Battle of the Overpass 226 May 1937 Photographs, The Edison Institute: The Henry Ford Museums
- The Henry Ford Museum, Detroit, Michigan MI
- The Dymaxion House at Henry Ford Museum, only existing example of R. Buckminster Fuller's house design
- The Detroit Riots of the Summer of 1967 , Rutgers University
Ft. Wayne, Indiana History
Houston, Texas
- Houston, TX History
- Houston, Texas, from the Handbook of Texas On-Line
Los Angeles
- Los Angeles and the Problem of Urban Historical Knowledge
New York City
- To the WWW-VL: US History: New York City History Index
Historic New Orleans Collection
Pasadena, Texas: The Early Years
Philadelphia Timeline 1600s to 1899

Provincetown MA Timeline
Rochester, NY History [.pdf file]

St. Louis
- Time Portal to Old St. Louis, American History and Genealogy Project
- St. Louis in the Gilded Age
- Missouri History Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis
- 1904 Worlds Fair Society, St. Louis
- The 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair Virtual Tour , Forest Park
- Expo Museum, St. Louis
- Picturesque East St. Louis
- East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917: Horror of the East St. Louis Massacre, July 2, 1917
San Francisco

To the San Francisco History Index
Maps
- San Francisco Historical Maps
Bibliography, Including Internet Gateways
Biography
- San Francisco People
- Ansel Adams [1902-1984]
- The Plundering Po8 [Black Bart, the robber]
- William S. Burroughs
- Herb Caen
- Lotta Crabtree
- Thomas Fleming, [1907-2006]
- Arnold Genthe
- Bret Harte
- William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951]
- Jack London
- Lola Montez
- Emperor Norton
- Wilfred Sätty
Archives
- Documents
  - The Digger Archives Home Page
  - The Japanese Town Archives
- Images
- Libraries
- Booksellers
  - City Lights Books, San Francisco [Lawrence Ferlinghetti's great store]
  - San Francisco Bookstores
- Associations
  - California Historical Society
  - San Francisco County Historical Agencies
- Museums
Demography and Genealogy
Timelines
- San Francisco History - A Timeline
History
- General
  - Short History of San Francisco
  - San Francisco History Index
  - Shaping San Francisco: An Interactive Political History
  - San Francisco History by Ron Filion
  - San Francisco History FAQ
  - Reflections on Black History by Thomas Fleming, Sun-Reporter, San Francisco African American weekly
- Chronological
  - Filling the Marina
  - Mark Twain's San Francisco
  - San Francisco 1906 Pre-Earthquake: Book
  - The San Francisco Earthquake 1906
    - Quake: 1906 San Francisco Quake
    - The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
    - 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
    - 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Fire and Their Effects on Structures and Structural Materials
  - The 1907 San Francisco Streetcar Strike, by Robert Emery Bionaz
  - The 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition
  - Building the Golden Gate Bridge 1933-1934
  - The San Francisco General Strike of 1934
  - San Francisco's Press and the 1934 General Strike
  - Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 1931-1936
  - The China Clipper 22 November 1935
  - Martin M-130 Flying Boat: China Clipper's Trans-Pacific Flights
  - The Japanese American Internment
  - Timeline: San Francisco History - 1950-Present
  - Beat Places: San Francisco in the 1950's
  - The Beat Generation
  - Summer of Love. The Flower Children of the 1960's
  - Larry Keenan - Beat Generation & Counter-Culture Photography Galleries [leading photographer of San Francisco 1960s scene]
  - "Haight Ashbury Song Book", by Ashleigh Brilliant, 1967, San Francisco, CA [cover image, original]
  - The Folsom Street Years: November 1975 to 1982 The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
Miscellaneous
- Alcatraz Island
  - Alcatraz Official Web Page, US National Parks Service
  - Escapes from Alcatraz
- The San Francisco Frozen Film Festival , July 12-15th
- Seattle History
Future Cities
- Victory City -- The City of the Future

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