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2. Cotati, California - Wikipedia

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   In 1892, the Page family created the Cotati Land Company to subdivide their ranch into parcels of five to twenty acres (two to eight hectares). [22] By 1901, good land was selling for $30 to $60 per acre. [23] Page family ownership ended in 1944. [22] The Cotati area was shaken up by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. After the quake, Drury ...

3. List of ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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   Land Case No. [note 6] Location [note 7] County [note 8] San Pedro: 1784 Pedro Fages: Juan Jose Dominguez: 48,000 acres (19,425 ha) 273 SD San Pedro: Los Angeles: Los Nietos: 1784 Pedro Fages: Manuel Nieto: 167,000 acres (67,583 ha) [note 9] Long Beach, Downey, Whittier: Los Angeles: San Rafael: 1784 Pedro Fages: José María Verdugo: 36,403 ...

4. Rohnert Park, California - Wikipedia

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   The grant encompassed present-day Penngrove, Cotati and Rohnert Park. "Cotate Rancho is a part of the Vallejo Township which is the plain between Sonoma Mountain and Petaluma Creek San Pablo Bay, and an east and west line dividing the tract from Santa Rosa Township." [9] [10] In 1849, Dr. Thomas S. Page, of Cotati, bought Rancho Cotate. Over ...

5. Naval Outlying Landing Field Cotati - Wikipedia

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   The federal government purchased 142 acres of farmland in 1941 to build an outlying airfield supporting operations at Naval Air Station Alameda. A 4,000-foot asphalt-paved runway was oriented 070-250 and crossed at its midpoint by a second 3,800-foot asphalt runway oriented 130–310.

6. Cotati Speedway - Wikipedia

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   In early 1921, the North Bay Counties Fair Association purchased 135 acres (55 ha) of land in Cotati, California and contracted Prince to build a speedway at the site. The plans, which also included buildings to host county fairs , were expected to cost $250,000 (roughly equivalent to $4.3 million in 2023), and were hoped to be ready for races ...

7. Penngrove, California - Wikipedia

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   Ruth Anderson, the famous "Bell-Lady" of Penngrove (who lived on the site of the old schoolhouse on Oak Street), recalls, "In the late 1860s, two brothers by the name of Penn came out from Pennsylvania and bought 80 acres (320,000 m 2) of land in this area. They planted the area with olive trees, but when the trees matured it was found that the ...