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Which of Emperor Norton's imperial decrees was, eventually, actually carried out?
Norton repeatedly decreed a bridge — and a tunnel under the Bay — roughly where the Bay Bridge and BART now run. Campaigns to name the bridge after him continue.
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Joshua Norton, the Bankrupt Merchant Who Proclaimed Himself Emperor of the United States in 1859 — and Was Obeyed In September 1859 the ruined San Francisco merchant Joshua Norton proclaimed himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States. For twenty years the city played along: his own currency was honoured, police saluted him, and his decree to bridge the Bay was eventually built. Ten thousand people attended his funeral.
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