For Whom Montgomery Street Was Named

ON JULY 9, 1846, IN THE EARLY MORNING IN "THE DAYS
WHEN THE WATER CAME UP TO MONTGOMERY STREET,"  
COMMANDER JOHN B. MONTGOMERY - FOR WHOM 
MONTGOMERY STREET WAS NAMED - LANDED NEAR
THIS SPOT FROM THE U-S-SLOOP-OF-WAR "PORTSMOUTH"
TO RAISE THE STARS AND STRIPES ON THE PLAZA,
NOW PORTSMOUTH SQUARE, ONE BLOCK TO THE WEST.

TABLET PLACED BY THE NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST. 
1915