'''John White Geary''' was the last Alcalde and first Mayor of San Francisco, Governor of Kansas and Pennsylvania, and a Civil War general.

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[http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/geary.html San Francisco Museum article]
[http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/officers/geary.html Pennsylvania Roots article]
''[http://www.kancoll.org/books/gihon/g_intro.htm Geary and Kansas]'' (1857)
''[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/ch34p1.html Kansas and Kansans]'' (1918) - [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/ch34p2.html Part 2]
[http://www.gdg.org/Research/OOB/Union/July1-3/jgeary.html Two Accounts of John Geary's Life]
[http://www.ipspress.com/White%20Star/WSMenu.htm White Star - a Screenplay]
[http://www.mtpleasantpa.com/gearyt.html Mt. Pleasant Historic Marker]
[http://www.civilwarhome.com/gearybio.htm Civil War biography]
[http://www.civilwarhome.com/gearychancellorsvilleor.htm Report on the Battle of Chancellorsville]
[http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ports/caPanama.html Crossing the Isthmus of Panama] - [http://www.maritimeheritage.org/vips.htm#geary SS Oregon]
[http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/ngg/geary.htm Photos]
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Named after John White Geary: [[BR]]
["Geary County, Kansas" Geary County], Kansas[[BR]]
["Geary Hall - Penn State" Geary Hall], Pennsylvania State University[[BR]]
["Geary State Park, Kansas" Geary State Park], Kansas[[BR]]
["Geary Street and Boulevard"], San Franscisco[[BR]]
["John W. Geary School - San Francisco" John W. Geary School], San Francisco[[BR]]

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