From the map room — a Sanborn fire-insurance map of Sonoma in 1891. Drawn for insurers, these maps recorded every building in a town, street by street — a remarkably intimate snapshot of the valley’s towns a century ago.
What the paper was printing that year
Garibaldi House. EAST SIDE: PLAZA, SONOMA. Lorenzo Modini, Proprietor. Meals Served on the Italian Plan. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Sar. Sonoma Swiss Hotel, F. Pezzaglia, Proprietor. This hotel is-centrally located and is sur- rounded: with a beautiful garden. Meals served on the Ttalian yhin, © Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars served at the Bar. Allindas Gardens,… — 1891-03-21
| NEW MASONIC HALL. The Finest in the County–Its Elegant Furnishings. A Brief Sketch of Temple Lodge, No, 14—Its Membership. The new hall of Temple Lodge, No. 14, Feand A. M., recently com- pleted is one of the finest, inside and outside, north of San Francisco. The building is located on one of the most prominent corners of So- noma. The lower part of the edi- fice is owned and occupied by the Sonoma Valley. Bank, while the en- tire upper part is the p… — 1891-03-14
M. Donahue, several days this | | Lay and 1. Wy. Deming. After lis- week. -tening to the evidence, the jury We noticed the smiling face Mr. brought ina verdict of guilty as Jesse Burris, the genial cashier cf\ charged, and Judge Cheney fined the Sonoma Valley Bank, in our’ MeClemmy $30. The fine was paid itown on Sunday. iby Wm. C. Green, a lumber dealer, One of our young ladies has re-| and the defendant discharged from: turned to the Lowell farm atter a;… — 1891-06-27
More of it is in the archive, and arranged by place in places in the archive.