Sierra ~ Sonoma County California Newspapers, 1894

Sierra County

Population 5,051 chiefly mining. The chief industry of the county is now, as it always has been, mining, the annual gold product of Sierra county being in round figures about $1,000,000. The county seat is Downieville, which was located as early as 1849, and whose early history forms a very important part of the annals of California. Assessed valuation, $1,534,188.

Downieville, Population 600

Sierra Valley, Population 700

Siskiyou County

Population 12,163; mining, stock-raising, lumbering, farming, and dairying. The finest of butter and cheese, in great quantities, are shipped to San Francisco every winter. The mining interests are varied and very extensive, forming the richest mining district in Northern California. Yreka is the county seat. Assessed valuation $8,005,738.

Dunsmuir, Population 500

Fort Jones, Population 450

Glacier, Population 250

Sisson, Population 1,000

Yreka, Population 1,719

Solano County

Population 20,946; agricultural. Solano is essentially a farming county. Her products of wheat, barley, hay, butter, cheese, live stock, poultry, fruit, wine and wool, are conclusive arguments to prove the productiveness of her soil. The United States Navy Yard, on Mare Island, near Vallejo, the principal city in the county, furnishes employment to from 500 to 1,200 men, and contributes largely to the general prosperity of the town. The assessed valuation is $19,617,193.

Benicia, Population 2,850

Dixon, Population 1,079

Rio Vista, Population 700

Suisun, Population 1,200

 Vacaville, Population 2,712

Vallejo, Population 6,995

Sonoma County

Population 32,721; wines, agriculture and dairying. The article of greatest aggregate commercial value produced at present is grapes, from which wine and brandy are manufactured. Sonoma stands today third in the list in the production of wine and table grapes. The lists of fruits that thrive and mature here may be said to include almost the entire list. Hops are extensively grown, and last year the yield of the county was 1,000,000 lbs., valued at $280,000. The annual output of dairy products is about 3,000,0000 pounds. Assessed valuation, $30,038,886.

Cloverdale, Population 1,554

Healdsburg, Population 2,500

Petaluma, Population 3,686

Santa Rosa, Population 5,300

Sebastopol, Population 500

Sonoma, Population 1,200

California Index | Pacific States Newspaper Index

Source: Pacific States Newspaper Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San Francisco, 1894

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