The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1902, Page 2

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THE SUNDAY CALL. SONOMAS (LD ADOBE. e StranGe Strugtures Tn Which the Qon- gUest of the “Wild and Weelly West” Wag Planned Now Falling Intc Ruin and Decat. being done to in time to be ponted out with pride State. of which she is HE adobe house, the relic of early California days, is fast crumbling away. And the pity of it is that OLDEST HOUSE] 4 IN SONOMA,® || FRONT VIEW. THE OLD FITCH BUILDING, USED BY GENERALS PriLKearRNEY AS HEADQUARTERS FREMONT, Hooker , SMiTh, AND SHERMAN . lejo’s daughters were noted for their wit in answering couplets, which was a cus- tom in vogue at that time. For in- stance, 2 gentleman commenced a strophe in a doleful strain, to the effect that “If Yankees come the country’s lost; there's no one to defend her.,”” Instantly a 1, with a twinkle in her men come, the ly surrender.” ing is in a hopeless The adobe walls have fallen; the tiles have been lipped here and there, they happened to re loosely boarded used as a shelter the plaything of the ch a length of time that i posts have long since o battle with them. is what is wn as the “Old Fitch y a landmark, and uch men as Sher- Hooker and Fre- T here one after the r, and each general had his own part BUILDING. S0NOMA ERECTED , REAR VIEW.{ © USES. . ADOBE OINY GENEBAL VALLEJO'S to play in history. In 1852 and 1853 events crowded along in such a fashion that it kept everybody busy looking out for themselves, but no one was too occupled or too worrled not to relax and enjoy life and its frivolity in their spare moments, and many are tl tories told both of sorrow and merry-making In the Fitch place, OLD MISSIONE BUILDING § SONOMAH FIRST BUILDING IN SONOMA, FRONT VIEW PLACE, SONOMA that the quaint old places wers well worth photographing and that in a few years there would be nothing left of them, so they made a pilgrimage and here is the result. . ngECTED

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