Description
Location |
Embarcadero |
Coordinates |
N38 14 23, W122 26 58 |
Other Names |
San Luis, St. Louis |
History
This was the upper limit of navigation on Sonoma Creek. According to Dawson, "The site was used for landing small craft as early as 1823. Scheduled passenger and freight service began around 1850 and continued to the end of the 19th century."
See Also
- Geography
- Water Transport
- Stofen's Landing
- Poppe's Landing
- Wingo (aka Norfolk)
- McGill's Landing
- Steamer Sonoma
- Gazelle
- Sonoma Valley Railroad
- Saga of Sonoma in the Valley of the Moon, Sonoma Valley Historical Society, 1954.
References
- Arthur Dawson, The Storied Behind Sonoma Valley Place Names, Kulupi Publishing, 1998.
- George Emanuels and Roger Emanuels, Schools and Scows in Early Sonoma, Sonoma Valley Historical Society, 1998.