*** Source: Thompson, Robert A., Historical and descriptive sketch of Sonoma County, California. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1877, 122 pgs. Notice: This data is donated to the Public Domain by TAG, 2004, and may be copied freely by anyone to anywhere. *** ---page 105--- CITY HOMES. McDONALD'S ADDITION SANTA ROSA. HOMESTEADS, Cheap and Desirable! LOTS SOLD AND HOUSES BUILT TO ORDER ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN TERMS EASY. SOIL UNEQUALED; GROUND ELEVATED; gas and water-pipes on every street. A street railroad connecting with the San Francisco cars extends through the entire tract. The streets are graded, with wide sidewalks, curbed, and ornamented with growing shade-trees. Santa Rosa is the capital of the finest agricultural county in the State. It has steadily improved for years and is now ranked as the most prosperous interior town in California. Within a few months there will be a direct railway communication with San Francisco, and the journey may be accomplished in two hours. This is the best opening in the State for an investment in town property, besides affording unsurpassed attractions to those seeking suburban homes. For further particulars as to the location and price of lots and buildings, apply to J. B. RUE, Santa Rosa. or MARK L. McDONALD, 513 California St., S.F. *** end ***