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OFUTT’S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST

 

“safe lands’; owing to their proximity to
the ocean the rain-fall is abundant for all
purposes. |

Darying, is an important industry, yield-
ing, from official reports, 2,750,000 pounds
of butter, 400,000 pounds of cheese, and
milk—not enough figures; the amount of
milk marketed is not recorded.

In mines, Sonoma is well represented;
gold, copper, and quicksilver are the prin-
cipal metals. In grain, the product figures
up over 600,000 bushels of wheat; 30,000
bushels of barley; 250,000 of oats; 8,500
bushels of corn, and many other kinds of
grain in proportion. As for mineral
springs, why, Sonoma county is the home
of all kinds of springs, chief of which are
the Geysers, Skaggs, Mark West, and the
White Sulphur.

Four miles from Santa Rosa comes

Fuiron—a small town at the junction of
the Fulton and Gurneyville Branch. The
stations on this branch, are: Meacham’s,
two miles; Laguna, four miles further;
Forestville, another two miles; then two
miles to GREENVALLEY; three miles more
to KoRBEL’s, and another three to

GURNEYVILLE—in the midst of a forest
of redwood. Along this branch road, and
| at Gurneyville, are located six sawmills,

which cut 150,000 feet of lumber daily.
One of the largest of these redwood trees
measured 344 feet high, and 18 feet in
diameter. The town of Gurneyville is
situated on Russian River, on what is
known as “ Big Bottom,” in the finest red-
wood forest in the State.

Leaving Fulton and crossing Mark West
Oreek, the first station on the main line is
two miles distant, called Mark Wrst—
but our train will not stop, unless signaled.
The valley along here is ten miles in width.
Three miles further comes

Wrxpsor—a small place four miles
from Grant, a flag station which is two
miles from ‘

HERALDSBURG—reached just after cross-
ing the Russian River,on the north bank
of which it is situated. The town contains
a population of about 2,000. Fifteen miles
from Santa Rosa, and 72 from San Fran-
cisco, is Russian Valley, in which the
town is located, noted for its great yield of
wheat, and the extraordinary quickness of
its soil, producing potatoes, peas, and many
other vegetables within 65 days from the
time the seed is planted. The Russian River
flag, and the Hnterprise, are weekly pa-
pers, published here. ‘The tourist will

find excellent hunting and fishing near by,
with ample hotel accommodations.

From Healdsburg the valley gradually
narrows, and four miles further brings us
to Lrrron’s SPRINGS, a signal station, near
where are located the springs of the same
name. Four miles further is

GEYSERVILLE — Here stages leave for
Skage’s Springs—a popular resort—situ-
ated at the side of the mountain, at the
head of Dry Creek Valley, about eight
miles west. TRUETT’s is six miles further,
another flag station, four miles from the
end of the road, at

CLOVERDALE— This town contains a
population of about 500, with two hotels
the United States, and the Cloverdale, an
one weekly newspaper, the News. The
town nestles in at the mountain base, at
the head of the Russian River Valley, and
is 55 miles from Donahue, and 90 miles
from San Francisco, being a point from
which several stage lines radiate, for the
northern and surrounding country.

Stages— four and six horse — leave
Cloverdale daily, for the Geysers, 16 milks
distant, over one of the finest mountain
roads in the State. It is built on a uniform
grade of four feet to the hundred. The
owners of this line—Van Arnam & Ken-
nedy—are old “knights of the whip,”
drive themselves, and often make the trip
in one and a half hours. The fare for
the round trip is $4.50. For description of
the Geysers, see Annex No. 45, and the
large Ulustration No. 17.

8 run north to Ukiah, the county
seat of Mendocino county,—31 miles, where
connections are made with all adjoinin
towns; also, to the northeast, to Hopeland,
on the Russian River, 16 miles; Highland
Springs, 22 miles; Kelseyville, 25 miles;
Lakeport, 36 miles; Upper Lake, 42 miles;
and BartletSprings—a great medical resort
—63 miles. To the northwest, they run to
Boonville, 31 miles; North Fork, 50 miles;
Navaro Ridge, 63 miles; Little River, 70
miles; Salmon Creek, 72 miles; and Men-
dicono City, 75 miles; average fare to
all, ten cents per mile.

 

Returning to San Francisco we take
Route 4.

North Pacific Coast Railroad.
General Offices—San Francisco.

Mruron 8. LATHAM,.. 0.0.0. 0200 ececeseee President.
JNO. W. DOHERTY....-... 2.5.2.2 Gen. Manager.
W...B. PRICK... 5.025 40s eens sus Gen. Ticket Agent.

This road is a three-foot narrow gauge,