Daniel Bacon is the creator the Barbary Coast Trail, San Francisco’s official historical walk. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University and has written extensively on San Francisco history for Hemispheres Magazine, Where Magazine, North Beach Now, Grand Times, and Library Journal. He has been featured on KRON TV’s Bay Area Back Roads and KQED’s program Sin, Fire, & Gold: the days of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast. Mr. Bacon has authored two publications: Walking San Francisco on the Barbary Coast Trail, a combined guide to the trail and history of early San Francisco and Barbary Coast Trail Official Guide, a 32-page pocket guide.