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unusual facts about Sonoma County



Altruria

Altruria was a short-lived Utopian commune in Sonoma County, California based on Christian socialist principles and inspired by William Dean Howells's 1894 novel, A Traveler from Altruria.

Fritillaria liliacea

Example occurrences are: Edgewood Park in San Mateo County and the Sonoma Mountains foothills in Sonoma County.

Jon Crosby

Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Humboldt and Sonoma counties in Northern California, raised by a single mother from an upper-class family who owned a record store in Fortuna, California.

Napa Declaration on Place

The list of signatories to the agreement expanded in March 2007 when Sonoma County, Paso Robles, Chianti Classico, Tokay, Victoria, Australia and Western Australia signed the Declaration at a ceremony in Washington, DC.

Russian River Valley AVA

In 1997, the Russian River Winegrowers association attempted to expand the AVA all the way down to the town of Cotati in the southeast corner of Sonoma County.


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Daedalus Howell

In 2012, Howell and collaborator Raymond Scott Daigle won a Gold Adrian Award from Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) for achievements in marketing and public relations on behalf of their client the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau.

Kashaya

Kashaya language, a distinct Pomo language on the Sonoma County Coastline, California

King Ridge GranFondo

Sonoma County resident and former professional cyclist Levi Leipheimer founded the ride in 2009.