When was petaluma founded

Historic Sites of Petaluma Map and Descriptions. Spared much of the destruction of the earthquake, Petaluma boasts buildings whose foundations were laid a century and-a-half ago and whose facades are some of the best examples of iron front building architecture in the entire United States.

Today, these architectural gems in our walkable downtown district house specialty stores, restaurants and galleries. Because of its riverfront location and fertile land, the Petaluma experienced boom times in the decades following its founding in and by , it was the largest shipping point for dairy products in the entire state. We will remove any comments — or commenters — that do not follow this commenting policy. Send a letter to the editor.

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Our Network. Vallejo had a vast agricultural enterprise where more than Indians labored and the Adobe served as his headquarters. Vallejo owned 10, head of cattle, 24, sheep, and several large herds of horses making him the wealthiest, and one of the most politically powerful men in California by Several of Vallejo's land titles were challenged and tied up in litigation for several years following the occupation of California by the Americans and Vallejo was forced to sell the Adobe by Throughout many years, ownerhip had chanaged several times and the Adobe eventually fell into disrepair.

In , the State of California acquired it along with five acres of surrounding land. The Great Petaluma Mill which was built in is one of the oldest buildings in town. By Petaluma was the undisputed world leader of the chicken and egg industry.

He then proceeded to market Petaluma, sometimes shamelessly, as the center of the Chicken Universe. The town helped launch a National Egg Day on Aug. By the price of eggs was up to