ENGLISH

Willows

By J. Wright; E. Whisman

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2010
ISBN
9781439640180, 2009942101
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
45 MB (46738690 bytes)
Series
Images of America
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-01-08 01:48:40
History; Nonfiction; HIS000000

Description

Hot, thirsty range cattle led cowboys to a shady, spring-fed pond midway between the coastal and sierra foothills in Northern California. The area was referred to as "the Willows." It was a place no doubt well known to the native Wintun Indians long before white men came exploring. Settlers began buying up land at $4 an acre after the Gold Rush. Milton French was ranching to the west of town as early as 1857. In June 1876, Johnson and Hochheimer opened a general store. Daniel Zumwalt provided land to railroad magnate Charlie Crocker, who extended train service to the "the Willows" by 1878. Broad streets were laid out in an east-to-west orientation. The town was on its way to becoming the center of one of the most productive agricultural areas in the state, thanks to the development of deep-water wells and the building of canals.

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