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Ukiah Area
The Ukiah area is an area of in southeastern Mendocino County, California that encompasses the arable valleys of the Russian River drainage system and the adjacent parts of the Mendocino Range Mountains of the Pacific Coast Range. Geography Several shipping points on the railroad in the Ukiah and Sanel Valleys serve surrounding towns and resorts in the Coast Range. Hopland, California grew when the railroad came along, the old business centre from the time of the old toll roads, before the railway, being Old Hopland. Other stops include: * Echo * Cummiskey * Pieta () is located near the mouth of Pieta Creek southeast of Hopland, at an elevation of 476 feet (145 m). A post office operated here from 1891 to 1897. The name honors a local Native American chief. * Fountain * Largo () is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad south-southeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 522 feet (159 m). A post office operated here from 1889 to 1905, having moved in 1897. The name h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Sketch Map Of Ukiah Area
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
