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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sonoma County, California
Adjacent to Sonoma County, California
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| | On January 2, 1976 the original depot was destroyed by fire. With the united efforts of the City of Sonoma, Sonoma Valley Historical Society and hundreds of interested and dedicated citizens, sufficient funds were collected to reconstruct the . . . — — Map (db m102578) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m78923) HM |
| | Constructed about 1850 by Don Salvador Vallejo. This adobe adjoined his first Sonoma dwelling built in 1836. Occupied by various pioneers. It was the house in 1861 of Dr. Victor J. Faure, vintner of prize winning wine made from grapes of the Vallejo . . . — — Map (db m15281) HM |
| | Captain Granville P. Swift, great-gandnephew to Daniel Boone and early pioneer to California, spent his 21st birthday in 1842 building balsa reed rafts to float hides and tallow down the Sacramento River to Benicia to trade for supplies.
Swift . . . — — Map (db m80734) HM |
| | This structure was erected in 1858 by Captain Granville R. Swift, a member of the Bear Flag Party. The stone in the building was quarried here by native Indian labor. General Persifor F. Smith, U.S. Military Commander-in-Chief in California, lived . . . — — Map (db m80735) HM |
| | The Mission Trail marked the three hundred years of Spanish-Mexican settlement. It travelled as far south as Guatemala and traversed Mexico to advance through eleven of our present day United States. In 1823 Mission San Francisco Solano was founded, . . . — — Map (db m15294) HM |
| | At this site, on July 4, 1823 Father Altimra set up a Camp Alter and planted the Holy Cross. The troops fired a volley, and the Padre sang in adoration of the cross. A Mass was celebrated in gratitude, and the place was named San Francisco Solano. . . . — — Map (db m15317) HM |
| | This is the site of the Poppe General Store, law office and flats, portions of which date back to 1861, all of which were destroyed by a fire in 1911.
The following year this building was constructed as a law office, using fireproof concrete and . . . — — Map (db m66091) HM |
| | This building is dedicated to Celso Viviani,
an Italian immigrant who came to Sonoma, California in 1910
Celso began making cheese in 1921 and started his cheese making business in 1931. He constructed this building in 1944 and opened the cheese . . . — — Map (db m15293) HM |
| | This historic 1916 landmark, now the Sonoma Community Center, was the original home of the Sonoma Grammar School. It was purchased by Dr. Carroll Andrews and donated to the people of Sonoma in 1952.
The center is a non-profit run by a dedicated . . . — — Map (db m102581) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m78925) HM |
| | Original construction of store, library and dwelling which forms nucleus of this building in 1852 by Nathansons on land previously owned by Vallejo, this property was leased by Leiding to McKeague in 1877 and remodeled to become Eureka Hotel. 1886 . . . — — Map (db m15287) HM |
| | Trinity traces its origins to St. Mary’s Hall, an Episcopal school for girls, established on the plaza by the Rev. John Leonard Ver Mehr on September 1, 1853, at the invitation of Sonoma founder Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. During the next several . . . — — Map (db m15254) HM |
| | Built 1856
California Heritage Council Award of Merit
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation
Headquarters
Dedicated May 1, 1976 — — Map (db m15249) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m78905) HM |
| | Two markers are located at this same site.
Main Marker:
A majestic work of art, 18 feet high 24-1/2 miles long, which extended east-west, near Freeway 101 at Cotati on private property of 59 ranches following the rolling hills, . . . — — Map (db m80697) HM |
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The Southern Pomo have lived in parts
of Sonoma and Mendocino counties,
including Windsor, for thousands of
years. They called the eastern part of Windsor,
col·iko wi, ("at redwing field"), a reference to the
existence of redwing blackbirds . . . — — Map (db m153725) HM |
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The history of this region has been
defined by where people gathered for
a common purpose and, often times,
defined by the east and west sides of town.
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Excerpt from an 1898 atlas:
"East Windsor has always
appeared . . . — — Map (db m153739) HM |
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Fred Wiseman's plane is on display
in the Smithsonion Museum in
Washington D.C. It was the first
California built airplane and flew the worlds
first airmail.
A bicycle mechanic and aviation pioneer, Fred Wiseman and his . . . — — Map (db m153716) HM |
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Wild iris leaf and other plant
fibers were used for making
string, hich was traded. Men
particularly specialized in making nets, used
for fishing and hunting, as well as an element
of ceremonial regalia.
acorns
For the Southern . . . — — Map (db m153741) HM |
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Throughout the 1900's, Windsor was
primarily agricultural - wine grapes,
hops, and prunes were the primary
crops. Once US Highway 101 was completed
in 1962, the town's population began to grow.
incorporation
The Town of Windsor . . . — — Map (db m153709) HM |
| | Shiloh Cemetery has long been a place of rest. The first recorded burial took place in the shadow of the area’s Methodist Church in October 1850. The church burned in 1867 and was relocated to Windsor, leaving the cemetery uncared for. In 1885 a . . . — — Map (db m54778) HM |
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After the construction of the San
Francisco and North Pacific Coast
Railroad (now the Northwestern
Pacific Railroad) in 1872, businesses began
to locate around the new train depot at the
corner of Windsor Road and Windsor River
Road. This . . . — — Map (db m153735) HM |
| | Robert Cunningham, his wife, Isabella,
and daughter Mary Jane, were some
of Windsor's earliest homesteaders.
Mr. Cunningham was a successful farmer who
built the first corral - a site which was used by
American and Spanish settlers for . . . — — Map (db m153733) HM |
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