Originally posted by captveg:
Originally posted by bewdynewkJH38:
What is the ring of honor and what is the story behind calling your old stadium Candlestick
It was named by local San Francisco Giants (Major League Baseball) fans in a contest, because it was built in the area known as "Candlestick Point". Where that name was derived from is a point of dispute:
Some think that Candlestick Point was named for the indigenous "candlestick bird" (long-billed curlew), once common to the point. The book "California Geographic Names" lists Candlestick Point as being named for a pinnacle of rock first noted in 1781 by the De Anza Expedition. This pinnacle was also noted by the U.S. Geodetic Survey in 1869. The pinnacle disappeared around 1920.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_Park
The Giants played there from 1960-1999. The 49ers played there from 1971-2013.
The story I was told about Candlestick point, is that it got its name during the gold rush. Ships were sailed here and abandoned, some converted into docks, and housing, others told to the point and burned, their burned acts looked like candlesticks in the bay. So the point became Candlestick Point.
http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/18/looking_back_on_the_past_lives_of_candlestick_point_before_it_becomes_a_mall.php
[ Edited by GolittaCamper on Oct 31, 2015 at 7:06 AM ]