The Gibson is a New York Drink Gone Big in San Francisco

It was believed that the Gibson cocktail was created in San Francisco. In this 2008 blog post I cited what David Wondrich told us on a tour. The information is repeated in the Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails: 

But now new information has come to light. Martin Doudoroff shared information from a tweet on the Spirits and Cocktails bulletin board. 

It is an article from the San Francisco Examiner from 1896, a new earliest first reference to the drink. From this story it seems that:

• The Gibson was probably invented in New York 
• It became popular at The Bohemian Club in San Francisco – maybe not invented there but transmitted from NY to SF there
• And then it became popular in New York later, after it was popular in SF
• It could have been equal parts genever to dry vermouth rather than dry gin but became famous with dry gin

I always say (to myself): History is a moving target.