Sebastopol Spiritualized Girl in 1885 - Wineries in 1883?

[Michael Anthony]

The three following index descriptions point to articles printed in the Petaluma Weekly Argus from which the full articles are archived. A more comprehensive and detailed index is available at the Sonoma State University Library website in a book titled Early Sebastopol: Not a "hard place" [an index to newspaper articles with abstracts].

Petaluma Weekly Argus – October 17, 1885 "Away over in Sebastopol" This brief article reports that Sebastopol has a dainty, fragile girl spiritualized to such a degree that if she were tossed up into the air, not a drop of her would ever return to earth.

Petaluma Weekly Argus – June 30, 1883 "Sebastopol Items" This article reports on Sebastopol items gleaned from the Republican. A large winery is being built just south of Sebastopol on the Dr. Hoffstetter place and when finished, the winery will be one of the largest in the section of Sebastopol. Mr. Crawford is preparing to build a new fruit dryer and is building a large barn and elegant residence on his new place. Frank Kauffman has sold 30 acres of his fine 120-acre farm, orchard and vineyard to A. Holmes of Rio Vista for $4,500 and will use the money to improve his orchard and vineyard to “tip-top condition.”

Petaluma Weekly Argus – November 3, 1883 "Sebastopol" This article describes how Mr. Julliard is rushing things at his winery and processing grapes as fast as they can be hauled to the winery. Mr. Julliard is paying $20 per ton for Mission and from $25 to $30 per ton for Zinfandel and other varieties of good wine grapes.

Note: The current average price for Sonoma County grapes is $2,314 per ton. [February 11, 2015 Sonoma Index-Tribune].