Place to see: Woodland, Ca, Sacramento, California, United States

Postcards about Woodland, Ca:

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  11 November 2007
  From:
  Christina Hagle

  A few Americans moved into the lower Sacramento Valley in the early 1840's, settling on land granted to them by the Mexican government, but none of them came to what is now Woodland until after 1850, the year California became a state and Yolo County was established. By that time, many of the 49ers who had come to California to mine for gold were leaving the hills to try their luck at farming in the valley. The Kentuckian "Uncle Johnny" Morris was the first to come to Woodland. In 1851, he and his family settled on what is now the corner of First and Clover Streets. He was followed two years later by Henry Wyckoff, who built a store he called "Yolo City".

  Yolo City might have remained a general store if it had not been for the Missourian Frank S. Freeman. Freeman arrived in Yolo County in 1857, bought Wyckoff's store, acquired 160 acres of land, and began developing a town he dreamed would someday be a trading center for one of the richest grain-growing counties in the nation.

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  11 November 2007
  From:
  Christina Hagle

  More history....

  Only occasional visits from other native peoples disturbed the peaceful existence of the Patwin here until the beginning of the nineteenth century. Then, Spanish explorers came, following old Indian trails from the south and west. American, French and British trappers followed, sailing up the Sacramento River and Cache Creek in search of a fortune in beaver and otter furs. Finding what they sought, they soon moved on, but they left behind a fever, which in 1833 virtually decimated the Patwin.

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  11 November 2007
  From:
  Christina Hagle

  History of Woodland

  Grizzly bears and elk once reigned supreme in Woodland, finding food and shelter in its huge oak forest. In time they were joined by the Patwin, native peoples from the north, who came to this valley Approximately 2,000 years ago. The Patwin lived well in this mild climate. In the woods and streams they found plenty of acorns, berries, roots, fish, ducks and game to eat, and in the vast marshlands to the east, abundant tules to use in building their homes and gathering places.