Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Among the many historical images from sebastopol and western sonoma county, find luther burbank and his gold ridge experiment farm, the. Railroads have played a significant part in the formation of the valley as we know it today. The citys station was initially to be located further north near golf course drive, but these plans were. Drake, lorna, just before yesterday, a history of sonoma county, california. These are a few of the surprising, if not lesser known, aspects of the past explored in a new book, hidden history of sonoma county, by john schubert, a retired sonoma county sheriffs. In fact, when california became a territory of the united states after the mexicanamerican war in 1847, the state was under control of military law. Hidden history of sonoma county is a wellresearched and wellwritten history of early sonoma county, california. Reproduced from a newspaper photo published in john schuberts book, guerneville early days annex r 979. Learn something new during asian pacific heritage month. The railroad helped petaluma earn the moniker the egg basket of the world.
San francisco and north coast timetable and fulton and guerneville timetable, printed in santa rosa times, july 6, 1876. Trimble, northwestern pacific railroad historical society. The bay areas newest transit system will reach an important milestone this week. North coast pacific railroad timetable, santa rosa. History of sonoma county, california, with biographical.
The coastal valley lines model railroad club of sonoma county, ltd cvl is a 501c3 nonprofit organization of model railroaders from around the sonoma county area. While we take precautions against the coronavirus, we can stay connected through the library. The best sonoma county bookstores, because reading is good. This excellent book is invaluable for placing into context the life of my greatgrandfather, a canadian immigrant in 1875 to first sonoma county and, then colusa county, ca. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Since we are talking history here, take a quick look at a timeline of sonoma county s early railroads. All are invited to come discover, celebrate, and promote the historical records collections.
Railroad square historic district santa rosa 2020 all. We recommend booking railroad square historic district tours ahead of time to secure your spot. From the north street depot we could ship annadel basalt, sonoma county wine. Connect to the windsor hopper at the sonoma county airport station. It includes chapters on legacy of the past on the native american peoples, forts and haciendas, building main street the establishment of towns in the county, commerce in motion railroads and river commerce, immigrants and agriculture, quake to 1940 the early years of the. The bulk of the collection is located in the librarys map drawers, for full map listing, see printed guide at the library. History of the north pacific coast railway the presentation identifies the major personalities involved with the railroad, the industries it spawned forestry, agriculture and tourism, and its route through marin and sonoma counties. Western sonoma county historical society collection.
Museum exhibits are changed two to three times a year, and focus on west sonoma county history. Sonoma county s first rail system, forerunner to the more recent northwestern pacific, wasnt in existence until the mid1870s, when the north pacific coast railroad extended northward from. Sonoma valley is a valley located in southeastern sonoma county, california, in the san francisco bay area. Railroad square has an authentic old town ambiance and has become santa rosas restaurant and antique row and the first stop for visitors coming to sonoma county to savor the wine country experience. As of the 2010 united states census, its population was 483,878. Including its geology, topography, mountains, valleys and streams. Public safety power shutoff should not affect smart. The book wasnt written, but there are hours of oral history tapes at columbia. An illustrated history of sonoma county, california. The history of the sonoma county sheriffs office began prior to california receiving statehood. Petaluma and santa rosa railway images of rail and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
West county museum in sebastopol western sonoma county. Lodging, entertainment, live theater, a central location just off hwy 101, plus the california welcome center and santa rosa convention and. The western sonoma county historical society in cooperation with the city of sebastopol undertook the restoration of the depot in 1980s restoring to near replication of the period of 1900s. Depot park museum located in the heart of wine country, the depot park museum has displays on the history of sonoma valley from precontact of native americans to post american statehood. Petaluma and santa rosa railroad was a 600 volt dc electric interurban railway in sonoma. Honoring black history features north bay bohemian.
While the history of the railroad in sonoma valley consists of at least 15 known railroad companies, there were ultimately two lines that ran through the valley by 1889. You might enjoy reading the rangity tango kids by lorraine rominger, a book about growing up in winters yolo county, but still close by. Former railroad cars house part of the museum, and permanent exhibits document the history of sonoma valley trains, the bear flag revolt, early california life, schools, and chinese. These include books about the nwp, dvds of the nwp, and video of. Luther burbank considered sonoma county the chosen spot of all this earth as far as nature is concerned. Download an ebook about the timeline history of the transcontinental railroad. Known as the birthplace of the california wine industry, the valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and the impact of prohibition in the early 20th century. Finding history in sonoma county a day of discovery. Sonoma countys river road adopted the former alignment of the. Youll travel into the beautiful forests of the armstrong redwood state forest to see some of the worlds tallest trees. The santa rosa and carquinez railroad was completed in 1888 from a terminal rail yard in santa rosa, california, through the valley of the moon to sonoma, and then south through schellville and east across the northern san francisco bay wetlands to a connection with the national rail network at napa junction north of vallejo. Haraszthy is credited with first promoting the concept that fine table wines could be produced in sonoma county as well as europe.
Its logo is based on the logo for the new york central railroad. See the towering redwoods and go winetasting in celebrated sonoma county with this tour from san francisco. Its main feature is a 15 in 381 mm gauge miniature railway, which closely corresponds to a 1. It is west of napa county and lake county sonoma county comprises the santa rosapetaluma, ca metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the. The northwestern pacific railroad reporting mark nwp is a railroad covering the 62 mi 100 km stretch between schellville and windsor with freight and sonomamarin area rail transit commuter trains. The detail is impressive and reflects the authors passion for history. It will give you some notion of the traffic in the area. Russian river historical society founded in 1983 as a nonprofit membership organization, the russian river historical society collects and preserves oral and visual histories, biographies and autobiographies of and. In his 2004 book, the beasts of the field, richard steven street notes that between 1856 and 1869, chinese planted the majority of sonoma county s. Santa rosa times, santa rosa, californianorth coast pacific railroad timetable.
This is a mecca for lovers of vintage things and whistle stop antiques has plenty of it. Completion of the restoration and opening of the west county museum was in 1993 and opened with an exhibit on the railroads. Sonomamarin area rail transit smart is a passenger rail service and bicyclepedestrian pathway project in sonoma and marin counties of the u. Your support will go a long way in helping tour operators worldwide get back on their feet down the road. Sonoma county is renowned for its rich agriculture and farmtotable food.
Smart trains are operating on the regular schedule. I was particularly pleased with chapter 7, hanging at gravel slough. Sonoma county archives crawl sonoma county library. The sonoma county historical map collection, located at the history and genealogy library, includes a variety of maps from the late 19th through 20th century, as well as aerial survey photographs. Containing a history of the county of sonoma from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its prospective future. Sonoma county locals and visitors in search of lost time should make their way to santa rosas railroad square. Times are tough for the travel community right now. It is to the north of marin county and the south of mendocino county.
This beautifully restored missionstyle sebastopol railroad depot, built in 1917, now houses the west county museum, which presents changing exhibits chronicling the history of western sonoma county. When completed, the entire system will serve a 70mile 110 km corridor between cloverdale in northern sonoma county and larkspur landing in marin county the first phase of the system, a 43mile 69 km segment between. The sonoma valley historical society operates this small nonprofit museum in the old northwestern pacific railroad depot a few blocks north of the sonoma plaza. Woodson first established black history week in february 1926, choosing february to honor the birth month of abolitionist frederick douglass. Illustrated history sonoma county california abebooks. A cross sonoma county are plans to celebrate black history month, an annual tradition that dates back almost 100 years. Local historian simone wilson wrote this fine general history with index of sonoma county in 1990. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Before railroads, journeying from santa rosa to san. Its early history and settlement western americana, frontier history of the transmississippi west, 15501900.
Celebrate the first finding history in sonoma county a day of discovery on sunday, may 21 st from 10am to 2pm at the deturk round barn, 819 donahue street, santa rosa, ca 95401 this event is jointly sponsored by the sonoma county library and sonoma county historical records commission. Rohnert park is a sonoma marin area rail transit station in the city of the same name. I loved this little slice of sonoma history, especially because it involves a railroad depot, and trains are a big interest of mine. The text above is excerpted from the following report on file at sonoma county prmd. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. A brief account of some of the events in the history of the interaction of native american and european cultures in sonoma county. The operators agreed to pay a royalty to the landowner, based on the number of paving blocks produced and sold from the quarry. He returned to sonoma county the following year with more than 100,000 cuttings of prize grape varietals from france, italy, and spain. The rich history of sebastopol, california and western sonoma county is captured in a collection of nearly 7,000 images held by the western sonoma county historical societys west county museum in sebastopol and now made available through this collection. In addition we hold model railroading clinics and work sessions. The line was part of the southern pacific subsidiary northern railway. Railroad square, at the foot of fourth street west of highway 101 in santa rosa, recalls the days when trains were the fastest way to travel. The sonoma traintown railroad commonly called sonoma train town is a tourist railroad and 10 acre amusement park in sonoma, california.
Watch a dvd to expand your views on life in the pacific or local history here in sonoma county. For a brief history of the northwestern pacific railroad, and a system map, please. Portions of the original rightofway have been acquired by sonoma county government. We operate our ho scale modular railroad at a variety of public and private events. This chinatown, however, was ground down by antichinese and redlight abatement activities over the years sonoma county historical journal, summer 1970, p. Thank you so much for placing this book online for genealogists who want more information than name, date and place re.
Learn to cook delectable dishes from india or the philippines. Go cycling through the rural roads or on the local trails, hike amongst the redwoods, paddle down the russian river or head to the pacific coast. I had known bits and pieces of the story of the lynching of charles hendley back in. West county museum western sonoma county historical society.
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