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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.

Book details

• Full title: Willows
• Author: Museum Society of Willows, J. Wright, E. Whisman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127
• EAN: 9780738580609
• ISBN: 0738580600
• ID: 11470944
• Publisher: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Weight: 318 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 163 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: April 2010

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