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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWX_depot-hotel-cucina-rustica_Sonoma-CA.html
Giovanni Minoggio and Giacomo Mazza, on land purchased from General Mariano Vallejo, built this plumstone building in 1870. When the railroad tracks were extended to Sonoma and the Sonoma train depot built across the street from the Mazza House, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWW_vella-cheese-factory_Sonoma-CA.html
This stone building, having withstood a fire and numerous earthquakes, was originally constructed in 1904 to house a brewery During "Prohibition", in 1931, Gaetano "Tom" Vella and his wife, Zolita, Clerici Vella converted the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWV_sonoma-valley-womens-club_Sonoma-CA.html
Sonoma Valley Women's Club was founded September 21, 1901 by eleven local women led by Martha Stearns. In 1911 the lot at 574-First Street East was purchased by S.V.W.C. from Katherine Poppe on which their club house was to be built. Funds for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWU_the-sonoma-index-tribune_Sonoma-CA.html
The Sonoma Index was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Frank. It is the successor to the Sonoma Bulletin (1852-1855), the first California newspaper published north of San Francisco. The Index was purchased in 1884 by Harry H. Granice, maternal grandf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIR_saint-teresa-of-avila-church_Bodega-CA.html
Constructed of redwood in 1859 by New England ship's carpenters on land donated by Jasper O'Farrell, the church has served this coastal community continuously for over a century. Father Louis Rossi was appointed pastor on March 8, 1860, and Archbi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HBC_wilmar-union-elementary-school-district-and-wilson-elementary-school_Petaluma-CA.html
Wilson Elementary School was established in 1863 to serve the ranch families of West Petaluma. In 1908 a larger school was needed. The new school housed 4 or 5 classrooms and an auditorium. A picture of this school, designed by locally famous arch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HBB_washoe-house_Petaluma-CA.html
Located on Spanish grant Roblar de la Miseria. The pioneer hostelry was built by Robert Ayres and served as a stage coach station between Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Bodega during the early days of Sonoma County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HB7_lakeville-donahue-landing_Petaluma-CA.html
There was once a large lake in the valley to the east. Early Indian settlers called it Lake Tolay, after their former chief; hence the name Lakeville for the community that developed on this site. The first boat landing was built in 1853. Passenge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GME_gould-shaw-house_Cloverdale-CA.html
Gould-Shaw House Thomas Jefferson Gould, an Indiana born blacksmith, built this house, which has become an important part of the town history, in 1862. One of the few surviving examples of Gothic Revival architecture, the house is the oldest doc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EEB_bodega-bay_Bodega-Bay-CA.html
Named for Lt. Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, who discovered the Bay of Bodega on October 3, 1775.Russian settlement originally called Kuskoff, founded by M de Kuskoff.In 1843 Stephen Smith an American, erected in this vicinity the first ste…
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