Healdsburg's History Home

Hannah Clayborn's History of Healdsburg © 2003 Hannah Clayborn

Cyrus Alexander and the Rancho Sotoyome (1840)	Legends, Rumors, and Miscellany:
A San Diego Landlord - Captain Henry Delano Fitch (1841)	Missouri Moore and the First Gold
The Pinas of Dry Creek (1843)	The First Store: Rolling on the River
Col. Roderick N. Matheson: City Builder and Civil War Hero (1856)	Boll Weevil Whiskey
The Heald Family and the founding of Healdsburg March 5, 1857	The Old Cemetery
Squatter Captain Alexander Skaggs and His Hot Springs Resort (1857)	Missouri Porter Remembers March and Heald's Mill
Clark Foss: the Most Famous Stagecoach Driver in the World	Legendre's Legend: the Frenchman's Murder
Healdsburg's Festivals and Parades	Dodgeville? Dowburg?
The Healdsburg Plaza	Theft of the Sotoyome House
City Hall (work in process, June, 2003)	Jennie Smith's Black Biscuits
Roads, Ferries and Bridges	First Sonoma County Fair
The Iron Horse comes to Healdsburg	Early Architecture
The Automobile and Healdsburg	The Good, the Bad, and the Undeclared
Bikers Become Outlaws: The Healdsburg Wheelmen	Great Debates on the Sabbath
The First Flying Machine: the Amazing Flight and Crash of Fred Young	Flood of 1890
Healdsburg in the Great Depression	Healdsburg Squatters War
The Chinese In Healdsburg	Healdsburg Agriculture
The Albanian Literary and Military Society	Healdsburg Library
Healdsburg's Schools	Bootlegging in Healdsburg
Against the Wind: the Fight for Public Utilities	About the author: Hannah Clayborn
"The presence of my historical manuscript at this website signifies neither that I agree nor disagree, with any opinions expressed herein. It does signify that I am impressed with the concern and courage Mr. Joad has shown in creating the site, and that I am gratified that he cares enough about Healdsburg history to request the publication of this labor of love. Besides, I like his hat and he has an honest face." Hannah Clayborn click to enlarge images