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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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HISTORY
-OF-
SONOMA COUNTY ,
-INCLUDING ITS-
Geology, Topography, Mountains, Valleys and Streams ;
-TOGETHER WITH-
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and- Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political His- tory, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Show- ing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture ;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE ; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG ; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN ;
-AND OF ITS-
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO : ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by ALLEY, BOWEN & Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
PACIFIC PRESS,
Oakland, Cal.
Printers, Stereotypers and Binders.
PREFACE.
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IN presenting this work to our patrons we disclaim all literary mcrit. We offer no apology for the want of those elaborate dissertations, thrilling incidents, or poetic descriptions to be found in the pages of Macaulay, Prescott or Irving.
From the outset of our labors we have given the public to understand that our volume should contain naught but a pure and unvarnished record, as far as it was within our power to obtain, of the chief doings in Sonoma, which have been instrumental in placing her in that proud position among the other counties of California which she holds to-day.
To do even this has been no easy task, yet, if the task has been laborious, it still has been a toil in which we have received much kind assistance.
To the old settler, to the pioneer citizen, the events recorded in these pages, many of them in which he has figured, and which have been gradually and surely fading from the mind, will be as a revival of by-gone associations. The emulation of the sire will be revived, in the son. The ground that he rescued from the wilderness will be made holy, while the infant will be taught to look with reverence upon the book which holds the annals of his parents' wanderings, and the rise and progress of his native Sonoma.
In a county of magnificent distances, every inch of which is replete with interest, and every township of which teems with historic lore, it may be said that more should have been accomplished. Should remarks of such a nature be made, we grant them, but reply, not in the limited space to be found in a volume of a little over seven hundred pages.
More, much more, could have been effected had the county records from the beginning been extant; they were not, therefore it is no fault of ours if this particular portion of our work would appear to have received less attention than others. Still, what we have effected we are not ashamed to give to our readers; our pride is that what is told in the History of
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Sonoma County will be found correct, and above all valuable, not only as a matter of interest to the general public, but also as a work of reference.
It may happen that some may cavil at what might appear to them the excessive use of quotations. To our thinking it is no evil, in a volume which purports to be a history, to seek the aid of those minds that have already given mature thought to an especial subject.
. In conclusion, we would here tender our best thanks to those ladies and gentlemen of Sonoma county who aided us with appropriate suggestions and valuable information, while our acknowledgments are more especially due to the veteran General Vallejo and to R. A. Thompson, County Clerk of Sonoma, from whose admirable work on the county we have received much excellent assistance. To Messrs. Weston & Cassiday, of the Petaluma Argus ; Frank W. Shattuck, of the Petaluma Courier; Thomas L. Thomp- son and Will Acton, of the Sonoma Democrat; Ragsdale Brothers, of the Santa Rosa Times; L. A. Jordan and F. C. S. Bagge, of the Russian River Flag; Mulgrew Brothers, of the Healdsburg Enterprise; W. S. Walker, of the Cloverdale Reveille, and Ben Frank, of the Sonoma Index, are our thanks due for many kind notices and other courtesies; while we owe our gratitude to L. L. Palmer, A. M., of Suisun, Solano county, for his very valuable chronicles of Analy, Bodega, Ocean and Salt Point townships. We are also deeply indebted to Doctor W. W. Carpenter, of Petaluma, for his interesting and instructive contribution on the Geology of the county; while lastly we must not forget our own staff, W. A. Slocum, and L. L. Bowen, who have given much zealous labor in our behalf.
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO.
J. P. MUNRO-FRASER, Historian.
San Francisco, January 1, 1880.
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INDEX.
GENERAL HISTORY.
Geographical Situation and Area 17
Derivation of Name 18
Topography 18
VALLEYS 19
Alexander Valley 19
Bennet Valley
19
Big Valley 20
Dry Creek Valley
20
Green Valley 20
Guilicos Valley 20
Knight's Valley 20
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY 21
CLIMATOGRAPHY
23
WATER COURSES
26
TIMBER
27
SPRINGS AND MINES 29
The Geysers 29
Skagg's Springs 34
Litton Springs 35
Mark West Springs 35
White Sulphur Springs 35
Alder Glen Springs 705
THE MINES 35
Oakland Mine 36
Cloverdale Mine 36
Great Eastern Mine 37
Mount Jackson Mine 38
EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT. 39
Public Schools 70
Churches 71
Agriculture 72
Viniculture
74
Squatting Troubles 82
RAILROADS. 85
San Francisco and N. P. R. R. 85
North Pacific Coast R. R. 85
Sonoma Valley R. R. 88
THE BEAR FLAG WAR 90
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY 119
Organization of the County 119
Analy 122
Bodega 123
Cloverdale
123
Mendocino 123
Santa Rosa 124
Sonoma 124
Petaluma 125
Vallejo 125
Russian River 126
126
St. Helena
126
Salt Point
127
Hall of Records 129
County Hospital 130
Post Offices 131
POLITICAL HISTORY
131
MEXICAN GRANTS
146
Musalacon 146
Cotate
147
Guilicos
147
Canada de Pogolome 148
Llano de Santa Rosa 149-156
El Molino 150
Huichica 151
Yulupa
152
Guenoc 153
Sotoyome 153-158
Bodega
153
Blucher
153
Callayome
153
Muniz 153
Laguna de San Antonio
154
Arroyo de San Antonio 154
Seno de Malacomes 154
Malacomes
154-157
Roblar de la Miseria
154
Washington
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INDEX.
Canada de la Jonive 154
Estero Americano 155
German 155
People vs. Bird Brumfield 164
Shooting of Cameron 164
People vs. C. Sweitzer 164
San Miguel 155
Tzabaco
People vs. Penito 165
People rs. Lodie Brown et al 165
People vs. James F. Renfro 165
Killing of Wenton 166
People vs. Benj. Edwards 166
People vs. Pedro Soto 166
People vs. Joseph R. Gibbons 166
Murder of Mrs. Lee
166
Killing of George Andrado
167
People vs. James K. Brownlee
167
People vs. T. A. Heflin 167
People vs. H. S. Epperlee 167
People vs. Osman Fairbanks
167
People rs. Jose Sorano
162
People vs. John Sharon 162
People vs. Thos. B. Berger 163
People vs. Jackson L. Epperson
168
Killing of J. G. Hill
168
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.
ANALY 170
BLOOMFIELD 173
Bloomfield Flour Mill 173
Valley Ford Lodge, No. 191, I. O. O. F. 174
Bloomfield Encampment, No. 61, I. O. O. F. 174
Vitruvious Lodge, No. 145, F. & A. M. 174
Bloomfield Lodge, No. 256, I.O.G.T. 174
Bloomfield School 175
Churches
175
SEBASTOPOL
175
LaFayette Lodge, No. 126, F. & · A. M. 176
Evergreen Lodge, No. 161, I.O.O.F. 177
Sebastopol Rebecca Degree Lodge, No. 44. 177
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 177 Methodist Episcopal Church. 177
Sebastopol Lodge, No. 167, I. O. G. T. 178
FORRESTVILLE
178
Carp Ponds of Levi Davis
178
Carp Ponds of J. R. H. Oliver 179
BODEGA 180
BODEGA PORT 186
BODEGA CORNERS
190
Bodega War
196
Bodega Lodge, No. 213, F. & A. M .. 197 Buena Vista Lodge, No. 373, I. O. G. T. 198
No Surrender Lodge, No. 375, I. O. G. T. 198
Catholic Church 198
Tanneries
198
FREESTONE
198
VALLEY FORD
199
Valley Ford Lodge, No. 156, I. O. G. T. 200
Presbyterian Church
200
OCCIDENTAL
201
Methodist Episcopal Church
202
Salmon Creek Lodge, No. 234, I. O.
O. F.
202
Altamont Lodge, No. 374, I. O. G.T. 202 Saw Mills 203
Pueblo de Sonoma 155
Petaluma
155-158
People vs. Michael Ryan 165
La Laguna de los Gentiles 156
Lac 156
Cabeza de Santa Rosa 156-157
Agua Caliente 157-158
Mission Grants 158-159
HOMICIDES
160
People vs. Christian Brunner 160
People vs. Winslow Hall 160
People vs. Thos. Stewart.
160
Killing of Mrs. Charles Aldrich
161
Stabbing of Hugh Mclaughlin
161
Shooting of David Campbell
162
People rs. Thos. Reed
167
People vs. Jose Maria Floris
167
People vs. Wm. N. Thompson
163
People vs. Jonathan Davis.
164
People vs. Russell J. Smither 164
155
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INDEX.
CLOVERDALE
205
First Congregational Church 206
Catholic Church
207
Curtis Lodge, No. 160, F. & A. M ...
207
Cloverdale Lodge, No. 193, I.O.O.F. 207
Cloverdale Lodge, No. 32, A. O.
U. W.
208
Schools
208
Cloverdale Water Works
208
Cloverdale Hotel
208
United States Hotel
208
The Cloverdale Reveille
209
KNIGHT'S VALLEY
210
KELLOGG
211
Fossville
211
MENDOCINO
212
HEALDSBURG
217
First Baptist Church
238
First Presbyterian Church
239
Church of Christ
240
Advent Church
240
Protestant Episcopal Church
241
Schools
242
Sotoyome Lodge, No. 123, F, & A.M. 242 Healdsburg Encampment, No. 56,
I. O. O. F.
242
Healdsburg Lodge, No. 64, I. O.
O. F
243
Star of Hope Lodge, No. 32, I. O.
G. T.
243
Fire Department
243
The Bank of Healdsburg
244
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank
244
Healdsburg Flouring Mill
244
Geyser Flouring Mill
245
Water Works
245
Gas Company.
245
Healdsburg Brewery
245
Russian River Flag
246
Healdsburg Enterprise
246
OCEAN
247
Duncan's Mill
249
Brotherhood Lodge, No. 251, F. &
A. M.
250
Presbyterian Church
251
Schools
251
Mills
25L
PETALUMA
256
Methodist Episcopal Church
311
First Baptist Church
312
Methodist Church South
316
St. John's Episcopal Church
316
Public Schools
317
St. Vincent's Academy
322
Petaluma Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M. 323 Arcturus Lodge, No. 180, F. & A. M. 323 Relief Encampment, No. 29, I. O. . O. F. 323
Petaluma Lodge, No. 30, I. O. O. F. 323 Petaluma Lodge, No. 161, I. O.G.T. 324
BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATIONS
324
Mutual Relief Association
324
Sanoma and Marin Mutual Bene-
ficial Association
327
Library Association
328
Temperance Reform Club
328
Washington Hall Association
330
Cypress Hill Cemetery
330
Sanoma and Marin Agricultural
Society
331
Petaluma Fire Department
336
First National Gold Bank
337
Bank of Sonoma County
337
Petaluma Savings Bank
340
NEWSPAPERS
341
Weekly Argus
341
Weekly Courier
342
WATER COMPANIES
342
Sonoma County Water Company
343
McNear & Bro.'s Warehouse
34.4
McNear & Bro.'s Mill
344
California Mills
345
Centennial Planing Mills
345
CARRIAGE AND WAGON FACTORIES 345
William Zartman & Co
345
Hopes & Cameron
346
D. W. C. Putnam & Co.
346
B. Harter
346
Gwin & Brainard's Saddle Manu- factory 347
Stair Building and Wood Turning
Manufactory
347
Soap Manufactory
347
Steam Marble Works
347
Tannery
347
Petaluma Foundry
348
Petaluma Brewery
348
J. Cavanagh's Lumber Yard
348
HOTELS
349
Washington
349
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INDEX.
Cosmopolitan 319
Union 349
Revere 349
City 350
Two ROCK
351
Presbyterian Church 351
STONY POINT 351
REDWOOD 352
GUERNEVILLE
352
Methodist Episcopal Church 352
Christian Church
352
Redwood Lodge, No. 281, I. O. O. F. 353
Saw and Planing Mill 353
Chair Factory
353
RUSSIAN RIVER
354
WINDSOR 360
SALT POINT 362
FORT ROSS 377 I I
TIMBER COVE
378
STILLWATER COVE 379
SALT POINT
379
FISK'S MILL
379
FISHERMANS' BAY 379
BLACK POINT.
380
Plantation Lodge, No.32, U.A.O.D. 380 WAYSIDE INNS. 381
Schools 381
SANTA ROSA 382
SANTA ROSA
386
Christian Church
420
Presbyterian Church 421
Church of the Incarnation 425
Methodist Episcopal Church South 706
Brotherhood of New Life
427
Pacific'Methodist College
430
Santa Rosa Commandery of Knights Templar 433
Santa Rosa Encampment, No. 53, I. O.O.F. 434
Santa Rosa Lodge, No. 53, I.O.O.F. 434
Purity Lodge, No. 33, I. O. G. T ... 434
Santa Rosa Lodge, No. 370, I. O.
G. T.
435
Union Aid Society 435
Sonoma Democrat 436
Daily Democrat 437
Santa Rosa Times 437
Santa Rosa Bank 438
Savings Bank 438
Gas Light Company 438
Water Works 438
Street-car Railroad 439
Woolen Mills 439
440 Foundry and Machine Shops Empire Mills 440
Santa Rosa Marble Works 440
City Marble Works 441
Brewery
441
Santa Rosa Winery 441
MARK WEST
442
FULTON
442
SONOMA
443
SONOMA
444
Temple Lodge, No. 14, F. & A. M. 456
Sonoma Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F. 456
Locust Grove School 457
Sonoma Valley Bank 457
NEWSPAPERS
457
Sonoma Bulletin 457
Sonoma Index
458
VINEYARDS OF SONOMA
458
Buena Vista 459
Col. Geo. F. Hooper 460
Nicholas Carriger
460
Kohler & Frohling
461
W. McPherson Hill 461
PISCICULTURE
461
Carp Ponds of J. A. Poppe
462
Lenni Fish Propagating Company . 463
ST. LOUIS
464
GLEN ELLEN 465
VALLEJO
466
DONAHUE
466
LAKEVILLE
466
WASHINGTON 467
GEYSERVILLE
467
ADDENDA
704
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
ANALY.
Baker, Dloomer 470
Cockrill, L. D. 473
Canfield, William D. 470 Davis, Levi 474
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INDEX.
ANALY.
Gregson,"James 474
Le Febvre, O. M. 480
Hall, Henry. 476
Ross, Losson 481
Hall, Henry M 477
Sharon, John 481
Hall, Wm. P.
477
Watson, James 481
Hinshaw, E. C. 477
Walker, John
482
Hudspeth, James M
478
· BODEGA.
Blume, F. G. 484
Howard, William 491
Doran, Wm. M. 486
McCaughey, James 704
Douglass, Robert 487
McCrea, John W. 494
Fowler, Stephen C.
488
Meeker, Melvin C. 494
Fowler, James E. 489
491
Purrine, A. S. 497
CLOVERDALE.
Hoadley, James F
498 | Kleiser, J. A
498
KNIGHT'S VALLEY.
499
Holmes, Calvin H.
MENDOCINO,
Allen, 'W. T. 500
Bice, Cornelius 500
McClish, James L. 509 1
Biddle, Edwin W.
501
McClish, John N. 509 1
Bishop, T. C. 501
McClish, Thomas , 510
Bledsoe, Hon. A. C.
502
Miller, George 510 1 I
Miller, James 510 r
511
De Wiederhold, A. E. S. 504
Mulligan, William
705
Ferguson, Henry O
505
Ferguson, John N 506
Gallaway, Andrew J. 507
507
Grater, John F. 507
Gum, Isaac 507
Haigh, John B.
508
Van Alen, John J.
529
Willson, H. M.
530
Laughlin, M. N.
508
OCEAN.
Duncan, Alexander
530
Rule, John 531
Mayer, August.
531
Wood, William B.
532
Queen, Christopher
533
Laymance, Isaac C. 509
Moffet, John
1
Moreland, W. W. 512
Ely, Doctor Elisha 504
Norton, L. A.
512
Phillips, D. D. 527
Proctor, Ira. 528
Gillespie, Henry
Samuels, Hon. James 528
Skaggs, Alexander 528
Truitt, Roland K. 529
Hassett, J. D. 508
Murray, Thomas 704
Fowler, John H.
Board, William 503
Cummings, William 504
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INDEX.
PETALUMA.
Allen, Olliver 606
Hill, William 558
Allen, Charles D. 608
Holly, S. B. 559
Andrews, Robert.
534
Howell, David 559
Armstrong, James 535
Hynes, Hon. James 560
Atwater, Henry H
536
Jacobi, John
560
Barnes, Alfred N. 537
Lamoreaux, G. W. 561
Barlow, Solomon Q. 537
Lawrence, Henry E. 561
Bernhard, Isaac 538
Lippitt, Edward S.
561
Brackett, Joshua S.
538
Lodge, John D. 564
Brooks, Sylvester
539
Lovejoy, Dr. A. P. 564
Brown, Ralph 539
539
Mclaughlin, Michael 565
Camron, O. P.
540
MeLaughlin, Patrick 566
Canepa, Luigi 540
McNear, John A. 566
Carothers, James H. 540
Magoon, William H. 567
Carothers, William O. 540
Matzenbach, William B. 568
Carpenter, T. L.
541
Maynard, Frank T. 568
Carpenter, W. W., M.D.
54.1
Mecham, Harrison 568
Case, A. B.
542
Merritt, John 572
Cassiday, Samuel 543
Mitchener, Jonathan 572
Cavanagh, John 544
Moore, Edwin 573
Christie, Doctor John Boyd 545
Morison, S, M.ª
573
Codding, G. R. 545
Morse, A. 573
Congdon,"Joseph W. 547
Munday, B. B.
574
Denman, Ezekiel 547
Nay, L. G. 575
Doyle, Manville 547
Nay, Samuel A. 576
Ellsworth, LeGrand 706
Naughton, Hubert
576
Falkner, M. H. 549
Needham, Festus
576
Fairbanks, Hiram T. 549
Newburgh, Edward 577
Fine, Joff 550
Oman, George W
577
Freeman, John M. 550
Palmer, James M. 578
Fritsch, John
551
Parker, Freeman
579
Fritsch, John R.
552
Pepper, W, H.
579
Gale, D.
552
Pearce, Hon. George 580
Pfau, Louis. 585
Gaston, Hugh
553
Pimm, Henry 585
Gaston, Martin 553
Poehlmann, Conrad 585
Gerckens, J. H. L. 553
Poehlman, Martin 585
Gibbs, Henry 554
Polk, Charles E. 586
Ross, George 587
Hale, E. W 555
Sales, John 587
Hale, P. C. 555
Harter, Bloomfield 555
Scudder, Noah W 588
Shepherd, James S., M. D., F.R.C.S.L. 589 Singley, Hon. James 590
Sloper, Willard 590
Snow, J 591
Haskins, Thomas J. / 557
Hatch, Chester P. 557
Schlosser, T. C 587
Harris, John W 555 Harris, Richard 556 Hasbrouck, H. B. 556
Haskell, William B. 557
Staedler, John G 591
Stanley, John P. 592
Gaston, Hamilton 553
Gregory, Henry 554
McClymonds, John W. 565
Buckius, William L
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PETALUMA.
Starke, D. Frederick 592
Washington, Neil 599
Sweeny, Jeremiah 593
Wells, Thomas H 600
Thompson, James D. 593
Weston, Henry L 600
Tighe, Kelly
594
Whitney, Hon. Albion P. 602
Tupper, John B 594
Wickersham, Isaac G. 603
Tuttle, Hon. B. F. 595
Wigand, Theodore 604
Van Doren, John S.
597
Williams, George B. 604
Van Doren, William L. 598
Winans, David M. 605
Vestal, Lewis
599
Zartman, William 606
REDWOOD.
Bell, Bradford
609
Johnson, Sanborn 610
Florence, Marshall
609
Manning, John 611
Heald, Thomas T
609
Manning, Nathaniel E. 612
RUSSIAN RIVER.
Barnes, E. H. 613
Laughlin, James H 621
Bedwell, Franklin
614
Laughlin, Lee 621
Bell, Henry
617
Lindsay, J. J 622
Davis, L. T., M.D.
617
Mccullough, Michael 623
Faught, Willis
617
McCutchan, J. B. 623
Graham, J. W 618
McCutchan, William C. 623
Hotchkiss, Benoni
619
Matson, Capt. Jacob 623
Jeffress, J. T.
620
Mitchell, R. T. 624
Kennedy, A. E.
620
Van Winkle, Thomas 625
Kruse, James
621
SALT POINT.
Call, G. W.
625
Haigh, Robert 627
Fisk, John C.
626
Schroyer, Aaron 627
SANTA ROSA.
Acton, William
628
Crane, Robert 638
Aikin, Matt.
628
Curry, J. L. 638
Austin, James
629
Dimmick, Rev. F. M. 639
Ballou, Isaac A.
630
Downs, Vernon 640
Ballou, Volney James 630
Farmer, C. C. 641
Barnes, William P. 631
Farmer, E. T. 641
Baum, John
631
Farmer, William 642
Bloomington, Louis J.
632
Ferguson, Russell 642
Brown, Major John
632
Fox, Charles M. 643
Campbell, John Tyler
634
Frehe, Louis 643
Chapman, La Fayette 636
Frost, C. W. 643
Clark, David 636
Fulton, James 644
Clark, D. Curtis
637
Gregg, George T. 644
Clark, Samuel B.
637
Grosse, Guy E. 645
Cook, Isaac F. 708
Harris, Jacob 645
Cralle, L. J. 637
Heisel, Paul 646
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INDEX.
SANTA ROSA.
Holmes, Henderson P. 646
Roney, J. M. 656
Hood, George 647
Ross, H. J. 656
Hudson, Martin 647
Rue, James B. 656
Johnson, Hon. G. A. 647
Kerr, R. A.
648
Shively, D. C.
658
Kessing,'Clemens 648
Smith, Robert Press, M. D.
658
Lewis, Martin 648
McConnell, William E. 649
McGee, James H. 649
McMinn, John 650
McMinn, Joseph. 650
Miller, Thomas B. 651
Mizer, Henry C. 652
Neblett, Edward 652
652
Peterson, Augustus
653
Peterson, William 653
Pfister, Conrad 653
Proctor, Thomas J. 654
Quackenbush, Uriah P.
654
Ragsdale, J. W.
655
Rand, William J 655
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Wood, Ben. S, 669
SONOMA.
Biggins, James 669
Morse, E. E. 680
Burris, David
670
Pauli, G. T. 680
Burris, 'William
673
Schetter, Otto 681
Carriger, Nicholas 673
Sears, Franklin 681
Craig, O. W.
676
Shattuck, David O 682
Cutter, Capt. E. P. 676
Snyder, Jacob R. 683
Domeniconi, A. 677
Thompson, Peter H. 685
Haubert, Jacob
677
Tivnen, John 685
Hooper, George F 677
Watt, Richard L. 686
Johnson, Orrick 678
Watt, John 686
Justi, Charles
679
Leiding, C. F.
679
Mayer, Lewis W.
679
VALLEJO.
Adamson, Jacob 687
Clark, A. 690
Barnes, Jehu
687
Gregory, John 691
Benson, Josiah H
688
Hopper, Thomas 691
Bihler, William 688
Jackson, Lorenzo 692
Bodwell, C. A.
689
Kelsey, Richard 693
Campbell, George
Chapman, T. M. 690
689
Mock, William 693
Ormsby, J. H. 694
Underhill, J. G. 666
Wall, E. T. 667
Wall, Thomas H. 667
Warner, James J. 667
Weeks, Parker E. 667
Wendt, Frederick 668
Whitaker, G. W 668
Range, Charles 655
Stanley, W. B. 658
Taft, Rev. S. A., D. D. 659
Taft, H. D. 661
Talbot, Coleman 661
Temple, Judge Jackson 663
Thompson, T. L. 665
Tripp, H. L. 666
Tupper, George A 708
Nickels, Thomas A.
Shepherd, Rev. J. Avery, S. T. D. 657
Weise, Christian 686
Winkle, Henry 686
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INDEX.
VALLEJO.
Patton, Robert
694
Rose, James R. 696
Peoples, Nathan
694
Smalley, William H. 697
Peters, A. N.
695
Todd, John W. 698
Pierce, H. L.
696
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Wharff, David 698
WASHINGTON.
Armstrong, Porter M. 699
Long, Isaac. 702
Bedwell, Ira 700
McDonnell, William 702
Bosworth, Calvin M
700
Stites, A. H. 702
Bouton, Andrew
701
Wisecarver, J. R.
703
Cummings, J. M.
701
PORTRAITS.
Vallejo, M. G. Frontispiece
Temple, Judge Jackson 32
Meeker, M. C. 392
Pearce, Hon. George 48
Walker, Capt. Joseph 400
Shattuck, D. O.
64
Fritsch, John 408
Bledsoe, Hon. A. C. 80
Cralle, J. S. 416
Bedwell, Franklin 96
Kleiser, J. A. 112
Holmes, Calvin H. 128
Fowler, James E. 144
Hudspeth, James M. 160
Call, G. W. 176
Rose, James R. 192
Hill, William 208
Farmer, E. T. 216 I . I
Hooper, George F 224 1 1
McNear, John A. 232
Burris, D.
240
Samuels, Hon. James
248
Wickersham, I. G.
256
Rule, John 264
Mecham, Harrison 272
Ross, Losson 544
Lawrence, H. C. 552
Board, William 560
Stites, A. H. 576
Taft, S. A., D. D 592
Brackett, J. S. 608
Kruse, James 624
Gaston, Hugh 640
Allen, Olliver 656
Hasbrouck, H. B. 672
Barnes, J. 688
Mitchell, R. T.
704
Weeks, P. E. 720
Hall, Henry 376
Hopper, Thomas 384
Doyle, M. 424
McMinn, Joseph 432
Duncan, A .. 440
Canfield, W. D .: 448
McMinn, John 456
Hoadley, J F. 464
Talbot, Coleman 472
Clark, A. 480
Benson, J. H. 488
Grosse, Guy E. 496
Gregson, James 504
Norton, L. A 512
Whitaker, G. N. 520
Watson. James 528
Ballou, V. J. 536
Blume, F. G. 280
Pauli, G. T. 288
Howard, William 296
Carpenter, W. W., M. D. 304
Carriger, Nicholas 312
Crane, Robert 320
Fulton, James 328
Fairbanks, H. T. 336
Walker, John 344
Tuttle, Hon. B. F. 352
Whitney, Hon. A. P. 360
Austin, James
368
HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION AND AREA-DERIVATION OF NAME-TOPOGRAPHY-VALLEYS-GEOLOGY CLIMATOGRAPHY-WATER COURSES-TIMBER, ETC., ETC.
SONOMA COUNTY is bounded on the south by the bays of San Pablo, San Francisco, and Marin county ; on the west by the Pacific ocean; on the north by Mendocino county ; on the east by Lake and Napa counties, and lies twenty-five miles north of the city of San Francisco. Its sea coast line, fol- lowing the indentations of the shore, is about sixty miles; its average length from north to south, some fifty miles; its width, about twenty-five miles, and its area in round numbers, eight hundred and fifty thousand acres.
The district of Sonoma originally comprised all that vast tract of territory lying west of the Sacramento river, and north to the Oregon line; at the first session of the Legislature, however, the State was divided into counties for greater facility in the transaction of business, and the northern line of Sonoma county was established along the fortieth parallel of latitude to the summit of the Mayacmas range of mountains, and thence south to the San Pablo bay, including all of the present Mendocino, and a portion of Napa. In 1859, Napa county having been already formed, Mendocino was set apart, and the limits of Sonoma contracted to its present boundaries.
The immense advantages of location, which the county possesses, may be at once observed on reference to a map of the State. It fronts on the San Francisco bay, called at its most northerly end San Pablo, and at one time known as the bay of Sonoma. The creeks, or estuaries, of Petaluma and Sonoma lead from the bay a considerable distance inland, and are navigable at high water for steam and sailing craft of considerable tonnage and carry- ing capacity, while along the coast there are numbers of shipping points with well protected harbors, all offering great advantages for the transmis- sion of produce to the markets of San Francisco.
Sonoma county is less known than other portions of the State that have fewer advantages in the way of climate, soil, and productions. The reason for this is to be found in the fact that it lies off from the great central line of travel which follows the Sacramento valley to tide-water, thence to San Francisco, and from there turns southward. Mr. R. A. Thompson says : " It has been hidden, as it were, behind the Coast Range of mountains, which
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separates it from the great Sacramento valley. From San Francisco, through the Sacramento valley, you pass along the east foothills of the Coast Range; · from the same place to Sonoma county you pass along the west face of the same range. The trend of the coast is northwesterly, and the county of Sonoma lies almost entirely west of the city of San Francisco. Lying west of the greater part of the State, may account for the fact that about one- third more rain falls here than in San Francisco, and fully one-half more than in the counties south and east of the bay of San Francisco. There has never been a season in the history of the county when there was not enough rain to make a crop. There have been years of drouth in other parts of the State, but in this section, in those seasons, the crops were better than an average."
THE DERIVATION OF THE NAME .- The origin of the name which this county bears is described by General M. G. Vallejo, then a Senator, in a report made to the Legislature of California in the year 1850, on the deriva- tion and definitions of the names of the various counties in the State. In that report, which was unequalled in its style and in the amount of interest- ing information crowded into small compass, the first explanation of the Indian word Sonoma, signifying " Valley of the Moon," appeared. The Gen- eral adds : " The tribe occupying Sonoma valley was called the Chocuyens, but, in 1824, on the arrival of the first expedition to establish a mission, the name Sonoma having been given the chief by Father Jose Altimira, the Chocuyens then adopted the name, which they still retain. This tribe was subject to a great chief, named Marin de Licatiut, who made his headquar- ters near Petaluma."
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