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sacks, and in Bluchcr Valley twelve thousand sacks. In this district 

 there are at least eight thousand head of milch cows, which average 

 three fourths of a pound of butter a day for seven months of the year. 

 A little figuring will show the great income from this source. Besides 

 this a large number of hogs are raised on the refuse from milk. Beef 

 cattle are shipped, also hay, oats, and barley. Of the timber resources 

 an account appears elsewhere. The towns are Bloomfield, on the Estero 

 Americano; Valley Ford, on the same stream, nearer the sea; and Free- 

 stone, further north, are local trading towns for the convenience of 

 neighborhood trade. Bodega Corners, about the center of this district, 

 is a place of a large trade. It has an excellent school house, handsome 

 churches, stores, hotels, and the usual accompaniment of shops, stables, 

 etc. Forrestville is a small town on the route to the timber regrion, 

 which owes its importance to the chair manufactory of S. S. Nowlin. 

 The lumber used is all from the surrounding timber district which lies 

 just north of the " Downs." The chairs made here are shipped to all 

 parts of the State; it is a standing advertisement of the benefits of man- 

 ufacturing. Guerneville is situated in a timber district, of which an 

 account appears elsewhere. Sebastopol lies on the edge of Santa Rosa 

 Plain, seven miles from the town, and is a small but thriving village. 

 The country described lies between the Santa Rosa Plain and the ocean. 

 Its furthest point is not more than twenty miles from the county seat. 

 Great space might be profitably given to this rich section of the county. 

 The total assessment of Analy Township, four hundred and sixt} T -five 

 thousand and twelve dollars; of Bodega Township, seven hundred and 

 seventy-four thousand seven hundred and twenty-two dollars; of Bed- 

 wood, one hundred and fifty-four thousand five hundred and forty-five 

 dollars; of Ocean Township, one hundred and twenty-three thousand 

 one hundred and twenty-six dollars. Salt Point Township lies north of 

 the Bodega country, along the coast. It has some fine farms, but its 

 principal resources are lumber, and the section will be described under 

 another head. Fort Boss, now owned by G. AV. Call, the spot settled by 

 Europeans north of the bay, is in this township. 



NORTHERN TOWNSHIPS. 



Going in an easterly direction we reach the Townships of Mendocino 

 and Washington, which include the whole of the Russian River Valley. 

 This country as a farming section cannot be surpassed. The prin- 

 cipal towns, Healdsburg, Geyserville, and Cloverdale, have been 

 mentioned. The mineral section lies east of these two townships, in the 

 main range of mountains which run through the northeast corner of 

 the county. 



The total assessed value of property in Washington Township is two 

 hundred and twenty thousand two hundred and ninety -nine dollars; of 

 Mendocino Township, one million seven hundred and twenty-five thou- 

 sand and ninety-one dollars. Bussian River Township lies south of 

 Mendocino; it includes a large area of farming, fruit, grape, and mineral 

 land. Windsor, the principal town, is on the line of the railroad. A 

 great shipping business of cord-wood, charcoal, grain, and fruit is done 

 at this point. Assessed value of all property in Russian River Town- 

 ship, one hundred and thirty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six 

 dollars. 



