A Short History of Sonoma

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157 Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. acorns, 8–9 adobe, 14–15, 56 Agua Caliente Springs, 4, 126, 127; alcohol at, 123; entertainment at, 123; founding of, 114–16; visitors to, 117–19 Altimira, Father José, 9–11, 14, 69 Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 17, 29–31 Argüello, Luis, 11, 17 Arnold, Henry “Hap,” 132–33 Bale, Edward Turner, 22–23 Barracks, Sonoma, 20, 21, 40, 48, 65; restoration of, 64 Bear Flag, 37, 39, 42–44 Bear Flag Revolt, 2, 34–38, 39, 41; fiftieth anniversary of, 42, 42; monuments, 59, 59; preparations for, 32–34. See also Frémont, John C.; Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe Binney, Harold “Josh,” 139–40 Blue Wing Inn, 51–52, 52, 60, 65, 131, 149 Boggs, Lilburn, 51, 109, 130–31 Boyes, Henry, 115–16 Boyes Hot Springs, 4, 4, 41, 115; alcohol at, 123; amenities at, 117–18; athletes at, 124–25; entertainment at, 125; founding of, 116 Buena Vista Vinicultural Society, 71–72 Buena Vista Winery, frontispiece, 3–4, 72–73; founding of, 70–72, 79; revival of, 82, 84 Burbank, Luther, 96 businesses, 50–51, 57, 134–35 Caliente Villa, 119 Californios, 29, 36, 39 Carrillo, Francisca Benicia, 18 Castro, José, 17, 30, 32–33 city hall, 3, 58, 60, 60 Depot Park, 113, 150 Derby, George Horatio, 139 de Sarría, Vicente Francisco, 11 de Solá, Pablo Vicente, 17 Eames, Ninetta, 88–90, 92, 94 Eames, Roscoe, 89–90 Echeandía, José María, 15 El Dorado Hotel, 53 El Verano, 4, 120, 121, 123, 126 Embarcadero, 109–11, 113, 137 Embros Winery, 81, 82, 84 Fetters Hot Springs, 4, 122, 126, 127; entertainment at, 122–23; founding of, 121; visitors to, 122 Figueroa, José, 16–19 Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy, 133–34 Ford, Henry L., 34, 38 Fort Ross, 2, 7, 10, 18, 28 Fortuny, Father Buenaventura, 14–16 Franciscan missionaries, 3, 10, 13 Frémont, John C., 2; Bear Flag Revolt and, 32–33, 36, 38; birth and early life of, 30; career of, 30–31, 40–41 Glen Ellen, 90, 90 Goldman, Emma, 100 grapes, native, 68 grapes, wine, 68, 69 Grigsby, John, 34–36, 38 Gundlach-Bundschu Wine Company , 74, 79, 84 Gutiérrez, Father José de Jesús Maria, 16 Hanzell Vineyards, 83–84 Haraszthy, Agoston, 3, 67; Chinese labor and, 70, 71; death of, 72; family of, 67; legacy of, 73–74; Sonoma, arrival in, 69–70; Vineyard Farm, purchase of, 70. See also Buena Vista Winery Hartnell, William, 17 Home Farm, 119, 120 Hooker, General Joseph, 128–29 hotels, 52–53 hot springs: history of, 115, 123–26 Huchi, village of, 11, 47 Ide, William, 34–37, 40, 50–51 Indians, California, 1, 7, 8–9, 13, 16–17. See also individual tribes Index 158 i n d e x Jack London State Historic Park, 105 Jones, Thomas ap Catesby, 28–29 Lachryma Montis. See Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe Larkin, Thomas O., 28, 30 Leese, Jacob, 22; Bear Flag Revolt and, 35–36, 39; career of, 25–26 Leese, Rosalía Vallejo, 25–26, 40, 50 Leese-Fitch adobe, 26, 50, 66 Library, Carnegie, 3, 60, 61, 62 London, Charmian Kittredge, 4, 89, 105; birth and early life of, 88–89; death of, 106; Glen Ellen and, 91; horses and, 89, 98; House of Happy Walls, builds, 105; meets Jack London , 89; ranch life of, 96–98; widowhood of, 102–5 London, Jack, 4, 98, 125; birth and early life of, 86–87; books written by, 90–93, 99, 101; children of, 90; cottage of, 93, 101; death of, 102, 103; divorce of, 91; eucalyptus and, 95–96; Glen Ellen and, 90–91; livestock and, 96–99; marriage to Bess Maddern, 90; marriage to Charmian Kittredge, 91; Neuadd Hillside and, 98, 98, 102; Overland Monthly and, 88–89; Pig Palace, 97, 97–98, 102; ranch of, 92–94, 98, 101; scientific farming and, 95; socialism and, 87, 100, 102; spineless cactus and, 96; Wolf House and, 93–94, 100, 101, 139; Yukon and, 87–88. See also London, Charmian Kittredge Lutgens, Adolph, 60 Madrone Vineyards, 78 Marryat, Frank, 137–38 Merritt, Ezekiel, 32–36 Mexico, Republic of, 10–11, 17, 27 Micheltorena, Manuel, 29, 30 Mission Dolores. See San Francisco de Asís, Mission Mission grape, 68 missions, California, 1, 2, 11, 13 Miwok Indians, 1, 7, 12, 19, 149–50 Moraga, Gabriel, 21–22 Moraga, José, 21 movies, 139–42 Murphy, Walter and Celeste, 64 Muybridge, Eadweard, 72–73 Nash, John...