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Thursday, Mar 12 2009 - Dixon, California Stop
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Hello All,
Okay - so I've been lazy about writing this blog. I haven't been lazy about walking just blogging. So I guess that's not really being lazy .. just procrastinatory (is that a word??)
Anywayssss ..
I reached Dixon, California on March 1st. Here's some info on this stop.
- Silveyville was the orginal name since the area was first settled in 1852 by Elijah Silvey. He came as a gold digger but realized he could make money faster if he opened an inn-slash-saloon instead. His business was on a well traveled stage coach route to and from Sacramento. Smart but lazy!
- In 1870 a man named Thomas Dickson donated ten acres of his Silveyville land for a train depot, on the condition that the town be re-named "Dicksonville". Once the track was completed in 1872, the first rail shipment arrived mistakenly marked "Dixon". The spelling stuck. After a two year campaign to have the town named Dicksonville, the County Recorder filed it as Dixon stating it was simpler. Sounds smart to me!
-Dixon is home to the Milk Farm. The Milk Farm was a popular roadside restaurant that was started in 1919 and finally finished in 1928. During the depression the owner had fun gimicks to get people to stop in, including an all-you-can-drink milk contest for only 10 cents and pony rides for the kids. In 1940 the Milk Farm was featured in an issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The place finally closed in 1986 when a violent storm blew a hole in it's roof. They finally dismantled the building in 2000 and placed the pieces in storage with the hopes of either rebuilding or putting pieces in a local history museum. The big sign with a giant cow atop it, still stands on the side of the highway.
Well enough about Dixon.
Moving on the next stop I was too lazy to blog about sooner ...
Davis, California.
I reached my Davis stop yesterday, March 11th.
- Dixon was in Solano County but here in Dixon, I'm in Yolo County.
- Davis, another town that grew around a rail depot, was originally named Davisville. In 1907 the post office shortened it to Davis and the name stuck. The city became incorporated in 1917.
- In 1908 Davis became home to the University of California University Farm. In 1959 it was upgraded to the seventh UC campus - the University of California, Davis. Since it's inception, the school has been nationally reknown in the worlds of agriculture, veterinary care and animal husbandry. They have also made contributions to areas of other life sciences.
- Davis, with it's signifigant bike path mileage, is known as a strongly progressive town.
Well thanks for bearing with me on these TWO stops. I'm headed to our state capital - Sacramento .. Woohoo!
-Monica
Okay - so I've been lazy about writing this blog. I haven't been lazy about walking just blogging. So I guess that's not really being lazy .. just procrastinatory (is that a word??)
Anywayssss ..
I reached Dixon, California on March 1st. Here's some info on this stop.
- Silveyville was the orginal name since the area was first settled in 1852 by Elijah Silvey. He came as a gold digger but realized he could make money faster if he opened an inn-slash-saloon instead. His business was on a well traveled stage coach route to and from Sacramento. Smart but lazy!
- In 1870 a man named Thomas Dickson donated ten acres of his Silveyville land for a train depot, on the condition that the town be re-named "Dicksonville". Once the track was completed in 1872, the first rail shipment arrived mistakenly marked "Dixon". The spelling stuck. After a two year campaign to have the town named Dicksonville, the County Recorder filed it as Dixon stating it was simpler. Sounds smart to me!
-Dixon is home to the Milk Farm. The Milk Farm was a popular roadside restaurant that was started in 1919 and finally finished in 1928. During the depression the owner had fun gimicks to get people to stop in, including an all-you-can-drink milk contest for only 10 cents and pony rides for the kids. In 1940 the Milk Farm was featured in an issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The place finally closed in 1986 when a violent storm blew a hole in it's roof. They finally dismantled the building in 2000 and placed the pieces in storage with the hopes of either rebuilding or putting pieces in a local history museum. The big sign with a giant cow atop it, still stands on the side of the highway.
Well enough about Dixon.
Moving on the next stop I was too lazy to blog about sooner ...
Davis, California.
I reached my Davis stop yesterday, March 11th.
- Dixon was in Solano County but here in Dixon, I'm in Yolo County.
- Davis, another town that grew around a rail depot, was originally named Davisville. In 1907 the post office shortened it to Davis and the name stuck. The city became incorporated in 1917.
- In 1908 Davis became home to the University of California University Farm. In 1959 it was upgraded to the seventh UC campus - the University of California, Davis. Since it's inception, the school has been nationally reknown in the worlds of agriculture, veterinary care and animal husbandry. They have also made contributions to areas of other life sciences.
- Davis, with it's signifigant bike path mileage, is known as a strongly progressive town.
Well thanks for bearing with me on these TWO stops. I'm headed to our state capital - Sacramento .. Woohoo!
-Monica
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