*** 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 94--- and presents, with its shade of native oaks, a very attractive appearance. There is a Congregational church, of which J. W. Atherton is pastor, and a Methodist Church South, W. P. Andrews, pastor. There is an I.O.O.F. and a Masonic lodge, and a Grange, which hold regular meetings. The Cloverdale water works supply the town with water for all demands, with sufficient head to be effective in case of fire. There are a number of very neat residences in the town, more in proportion than in most places of no greater population. Among the best are the houses of I. E. Shaw, H. Kier, J. F. Hoadley, and the pioneer, J. A. Kleiser. The town has a thrifty and healthy look. It boasts of one newspaper, an excellent local journal. The population is about seven hundred. The town was incorporated by special act of the legislature of 1875-6. Fol- lowing is a list of the city and township officers: J. A. Kleiser, G. V. Davis, John Fields, M. W. King, John Dixon, trustees; D. B. Morgan, clerk and re- corder; W. J. McCracken, marshall; D. C. Brush and D. B. Morgan, justices of the peace, and J. Shores, constable. In the spring of 1872 W. J. Bowman started the Cloverdale Review, the first paper in that town. After a few issues he abandoned the enterprise. Soon after, J. B. Baccus commenced the publication of the Cloverdale Bee, which he continued for about six months, and then removed the material of the paper to Lakeport, and commenced the publication of the Lakeport Bee, an excellent journal, which still continues. In November, 1876, the Cloverdale News was started by W. S. Walker; after issuing several numbers Mr. Walker sold his interest to J. F. Hoadley, and the paper is now under the editorial control of J. F. Hoadley, Jr. Mr. H. is young in the business, but makes a very readable paper, which will bear its full share in the future development of the interests of the city of Cloverdale and the surrounding country. SHIPMENTS OF PRODUCE FROM CLOVERDALE IN 1876. Pounds. Dry hides ................................ 1,437 Green " .................................... 874 64,954 Wool, bales .............................. 4,218 " 1/2 " .................................. 1,200 1,510,631 Hops, bales .............................. 1,630 327,201 Quicksilver .................................... 101,636 Tallow, packages ........................... 353 20,080 Poultry, dozen ........................... 3,920 296,000 Eggs, dozen ............................. 47,000 94,000 SEBASTOPOL. In 1855 J. H. P. Morris took up a claim of one hundred and twenty acres, where the town of Sebastopol now stands; he was the first settler. Mr. Morris came to Sonoma in 1853; he was in business for a while at Miller & Walker's store on the road just south of the present town, then known as the Bodega post-office. Miller & Walker's store was quite a noted place from 1849 up to 1854, as it was the post-office for all the coast and Russian River country, as far *** end ***