Sonoma County CA Archives History - Books .....Means Of Access 1877
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Book Title: Historical And Descriptive Sketch Of Sonoma County, California

MEANS OF ACCESS. 

   Sonoma county being, as we said elsewhere, off the great line of travel, some
special reference to its means of access may not be out of place. The San
Francisco and North Pacific Railroad runs through the great Central valley,
starting from Cloverdale, its northern terminus, passing the principal towns,
and terminating at a point on Petaluma creek, where it connects with a fast
steamer for San Francisco.

   The whole time occupied from the northern limit of Sonoma to San Francisco is
about four hours. An extension of the road is now building through Marin county
to a point on the bay not more than six miles from San Francisco, which will
shorten the time of travel nearly one-half, to about two hours from Santa Rosa,
and one hour and a half from Petaluma. Another railroad enters the western
section of the county from Marin, the San Francisco and North Pacific Coast
Railroad. This a narrow-gauge road running into the coast lumber region, to
which we have referred. Daily trips are made by this route to and from San
Francisco. A steamer runs direct from San Francisco to Sonoma valley, where it
connects with a prismoidal or one-rail railway for the town of Sonoma. In
addition to the facilities of travel given, there are a number of small sailing
vessels which ply back and forth between San Francisco and Petaluma.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORICAL
AND
DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH
OF
SONOMA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
BY
ROBERT A. THOMPSON,
EDITOR OF "THE SONOMA DEMOCRAT."
PHILADELPHIA:
L. H. EVERTS & CO. 
1877.


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