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See also:SANTA See also:ROSA , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Sonoma county, See also:California, U.S.A., situated in a broad valley (See also:altitude about 18o ft.) among the See also:Coast Ranges, about 52 M . N. of See also:San Francisco . Pop . (1900) 6673, (1029 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 7817 . It is served by the See also:North-Western Pacific and the See also:Southern Pacific See also:rail-ways . See also:Santa See also:Rosa is in a region admirably adapted to the growing of hops—the city is an important See also:hop See also:market—and of See also:fruit and See also:grain, and the handling of these products is a leading See also:industry . Poultry and dairying interests are also important . It was the See also:home of See also:Luther Burbank (b . 1849), the originator of many new See also:flowers, fruits and vegetables, including the Burbank See also:potato, the pineapple See also:quince, and the stoneless See also:prune . Santa Rosa was first settled about 1838, was laid out and incorporated in 1853, replaced Sonoma as the county-seat in >:8$4, and was chartered as a city in 1867 . In the See also:earthquake of the 18th of See also:April 1906 it suffered severely . |
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