In the last issue of our Journal
we carried a bill head of the
Valley Ford Flouring Mills and
we asked if any one had any inform¬
ation about this Mill, we have
received information from Doretha
Tennyson daughter of our late
member Doris Craig which speaks
for itself.
Nov 25 - 77
Ed,
In regard to the Valley Ford floor¬
ing mills, Huntley 4 Cook, I
looked thru the news notes of the
Bodega area as oopied by Doris Craig
and found the following.
Oct 1875-Valley Ford Flouring Mille-
On a recent visit to this mill we
found everything in a very aative
state. The mill is running at its
full capacity and the proprietors,
Messrs Huntley 4 Cook, both
experienced mill men informed us
that they had about all they can
attend to. The fiour turned out
bears a good reputation and is
much sought after.
Nov. 1876 - The grist mills of
Valley Ford are constantly making
flour which is diSDoeed of to the
merchants andworkmen on the line of
and near the railroad.
May 1878- The flouring mills
at Valley Ford of which Huntley 4
Cook are the proprietors is well
equipped: establishment and is doing
a good business. It has been in
operation 20 years.
Oct 1884-J Cook of Valley Ford
called to see us on Friday. Mr.
Cook has lately added the roller
process to his mill and can now
furnish the most fashionable flour.
Jan-1898 Thos Suith of Valley Ford
a Calif pioneer of '49, was taken
sick at Santa Rosa. Mr. Smith built
one of the rirst flour mills on
the Coast at Valley Ford. For many
years he ran the mill, first by
oxen, then by horses and lastly by
steam. Several years ago he sold
out to H M LeBaron. (I think Gaver,
D C)
I am not sure that the last one is
the same, but not likely they would
have
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Iu order tofind out where
Ruth Burke ohecked her files and
all she could find was the follow¬
ing reference on a mortgage descrip¬
tion for James E Fowler.
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corner of bridge to Tomales,
West along east line of old Bodega
Rd to where it interseats with
road f ran Huntley 4 Cooks Mill to
Freestone.
I She also says that Smith had a
grist mill where the old creamery
is or close by. The mortrgage
description sounds like it would
be in that part of town, weet of
Dinucoi's, for Huntley 4 Cook's
also .
Maybe some one else has something
more definite.
Doretha Tennyson.
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After several years wiork member
Paul C Trimble has published his
book "Interburban Railways of the
Bay Area" May be ordered direct to
him at 75 Bret Court, Novato, Ca
♦20- plus sales tax
«Wiliam* Hofeanft-
“TNTERURBAN RAILWAYS OF
ATHE BAY AREA,” by Paul C.
Trimble, the Novato rail historian, is the
second book of its type to appear in
recent weeks. Robert S. Ford's “Red
Trains in the East Bay” was a compre¬
hensive history of the Southern Pacif¬
ic’s Trans-Bay ferry system and electric
train lines which fed into it from the
East Bay (Interurban, Glendale; $28).
Trimble's book takes it from there
and covers the rest of the elaborate and,
in retrospect, sensational public trans¬
portation which served Bay Area coun¬
ties between 1900 and World War
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the Key System, Market Street Railway,
Peninsular Railway, Northwestern Pa¬
cific, Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad,
Sacramento Northern, San Francisco,
Napa and Calistoga Railway, the major
electric systems.
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TRIMBLE’S WORK seems to me the
most interesting story, simply be¬
cause it covers a much larger territory,
San Jose to Santa Rosa, Oakland to
Chico. It is extensively illustrated, as is
the SP book, full of nostalgia for anyone
who commuted from Kentfield or on
the Key Route's E Line to Claremont in
the good old times (Valley Publishers,
Fresno, $20).
