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7 unusual facts about Cloverdale


2013 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2013 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's provincial curling championship for British Columbia, was held from January 14 to 20 at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Cloverdale, British Columbia.

Bonnie Bergin

She was raised in the small northern California town of Cloverdale.

Cloverdale, California

In 1881 a colony based on the French Utopian movement, the Icarians, named "Icaria Speranza" was established by Jules Leroux and Armand Dehay, south of Cloverdale.

The Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is headquartered here.

Cloverdale, Minnesota

Cloverdale is an unincorporated community in Arlone Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States.

Cloverdale, Virginia

Cloverdale is the birthplace of Charles Follis, who became the first African-American to play professional football when he signed with the Shelby Blues of Shelby, Ohio in 1902 (note that he was first paid for playing in 1904).

George Royal

Foaled in Cloverdale, British Columbia, George Royal was sired by Dark Hawk out of the mare Polly Bashaw.


Cloverdale Corporation

The winner of the coveted American Library Association's Choice Magazine Academic Book of the Year Award in 1995, Cloverdale Corporation went on to receive five consecutive annual endorsements from both the Ford Foundation and the National Research Council as a leader in publishing first-book academic authors.

Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

The Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo Indians in California.

Hartley Moon

In the late 1920s, he had a house built in the Cloverdale-Idlewild neighborhood of Montgomery, a house which was later inhabited by Wayne Greenhaw.

Jahnna N. Malcolm

She and Malcolm began their writing collaboration while Jahnna was writing five Sweet Dreams romances (Cloverdale Press, published by Bantam).


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