California Landmark 19: Broderick-Terry Dueling Place in San Mateo County

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California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County

California Landmark 19
Broderick-Terry Dueling Place
1100 Lake Merced Boulevard
Daly City

In the early morning of September 13, 1859, U.S. Senator David C. Broderick and Chief Justice David S. Terry of the California Supreme Court fought the famous duel that ended dueling in California in a ravine east of here, near the shore of Lake Merced. Senator Broderick was mortally wounded. The site is marked with a monument and granite shafts where the two men stood.

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