Disambiguation

The name Sonoma has been applied to many places, the following list may be used to find the proper destination:

Brief History

In 1835 the Mexican government, which had succeeded Spanish rule, sent Lt. Mariano G. Vallejo to Sonoma to establish a military post, to deter the Russians at Fort Ross from encroaching farther south, to oversee the secularization of the mission, and to lay out the pueblo of Sonoma.

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