Bret Harte - Legacy

Legacy

• Bret Harte Memorial in San Francisco, California
• Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp, California
• Bret Harte Lane in Humboldt Hill, California is named after him.
• Bret Harte Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois
• Bret Harte Preparatory Middle School in Los Angeles, California (South Hoover Street)
• Bret Harte Middle School in San Jose, California
• Bret Harte Middle School in Oakland, California
• Bret Harte Middle School in Hayward, California
• Bret Harte High School in Altaville, California is named after him and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005
• Bret Harte Elementary in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• Bret Harte Elementary in Sacramento, California
• A community called The Shores of Poker Flat, California claims to have been the location of Poker Flat, although it is usually accepted that the story takes place further north.
• Bret Harte Road in Frimley (the town in which Harte was buried) is named after him.
• Bret Harte Place in San Francisco, California is named after him.
• In 1987 he appeared on a $5 U.S. Postage stamp, as part of the "Great Americans series" of issues.
• Bret Harte Lane, Bret Harte Road, and Harte Ave in San Rafael, California.
• Bret Harte Road in Berkeley, California.
• Bret Harte House, at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.
• Bret Harte Park in Danville, California.
• The town of Twain Harte, California, is named after Mark Twain and Bret Harte.
• The Beulah song "Ballad of the Lonely Argonaut" references "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "Outcasts of Poker Flat" and asks, "How does it feel to roam this land like Harte and Twain did?"
• Designed in 1875 by Karl L. Müller, a vessel bearing the name Heathen Chinee pitcher was manufactured by Union Porcelain Works. The vessel is elaborately decorated with depictions of Bill Nye and Ah Sin, the character's featured in Harte's poem, as well as the Flemish King Gambrinus, an official patron saint of beer and Brother Jonathan, the forerunner of Uncle Sam.