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Jeff Campagna

Jeff Campagna is a Canadian freelance journalist and world traveller. His work has appeared in The Daily Beast, Vice Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine and Delayed Gratification. He is the founder of Compass Cultura.

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Hidden History

The Original San Francisco Eccentric

Story by Jeff Campagna | October 21, 2014

A nineteenth century gold rusher built a fortune, lost it all, then declared himself Emperor of the United States — and got all of San Francisco to play along.

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