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every winter, and there is frost in every month of the year. 
Most of the merchandise sent out from this point, to mining 
camps in the vicinity, goes on pack-mules. The goods im- 
ported by Yreka are hauled one hundred miles, from Red Bluff, 
which is one hundred and seventy-five miles from Sacramento 
by the river. The town is on the main road between the Sac- 
ramento and Willamette valleys, and occupies a central position 
in the basin of the Klamath River, and will therefore probably 
maintain its importance. 
§ 285. Vallejo.—Vallejo, a town of about eight hundred 
inhabitants, is situated at the mouth of Napa River, on the 
northwestern side of San Pablo Bay, from which it is separated 
by Mare Island. The town was laid out in 1850 by M. G. 
Vallejo, for the capital of the state. He supposed at the time, 
and so did the public, that he was a millionaire... He owned 
large tracts of land, then estimated to be worth several mil- 
lions of dollars at least. Among his possessions was the Suscol 
rancho, and he was induced to believe that if he would lay off 
a town and make a liberal offer of land and money to the state, 
the capital would be establishee there, and increase the value 
of his land so much that he would profit largely by the affair. 
The suggestion appeared reasonable, and he adopted it, offer- 
ing much land and three hundred and seventy thousand dollars 
in cash for the establishment of the capital at Vallejo—the three 
hundred and seventy thousand dollars to be spent in erecting 
public buildings. The offer was accepted, and the capital was 
located at Vallejo, but the legislature went thither at a time 
when there were no houses there, and they immediately went 
away. Sefior Vallejo did not pay the money which he had 
offered, and finally the capital was established at Sacramento, 
where it is likely to remain. The business of Vallejo now de- 
pends chiefly upon the United States navy-yard and dry-dock, 
on Mare Island. The place is one which may have much im- 
portance in the future of California. It has the following 
resources: 
First.—It is at the head of navigation of the waters tribu- 
