Sonoma History Seekers

Temelec Carriage HouseCaptain Granville Perry Smith built Temelec Hall and carriage house in 1858. The Structure is 60 by 40 feet built of native fieldstone with a wooden dovecote on…

Senator James Semple Meanwhile John Bradford in California became interested in Sonoma politics. In the first state legislature where General Vallejo had been elected state senator from the Sonoma district,…

William B. Ide, c 1850 On the other hand, we have the case of John S. Bradford, the brother-in-law of the Bear Flagger, Dr. Robert Semple. Bradford was one of…

Horatio Dawes Appleton flag Mariano Vallejo c 1865 Most Sonomans share with the rest of the country a profound admiration and often an affection for Abraham Lincoln. Generally unknown is…

The Sonoma County Library now provides access to digitized copies of the Press Democrat, Petaluma Argus Courier, Santa Rosa Republican, Sonoma West Times and News and the Cloverdale Reveille through…

For those who do not know her, I would like to introduce Collections Manager Lorrie Baetge Fulton.  She is in charge of the Sonoma Valley Historical Society’s archives, located in the Marcy House…