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About Broderick-Terry Duel Site
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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Life was hard back in the pioneer days. No wonder it was called wild wild west. Senator Broderick didn't make to dinner that night