Levi Strauss's Journey to San Francisco

Lubb Strauss, who was now going by Levi, left New York for San Francisco on January 31, 1853. The family had already loaded a shipment of merchandise aboard another ship called the winged racer to take possession of once he reached San Francisco. This was considered for a lot of people a safer plan than trying to travel over land from New York to San Francisco because people often did not survive that journey. Coming up, we'll talk more about how Levi Strauss set up the Strauss family business in San Francisco.