A couple of weeks ago I happened to drive through the village of California, which is about 20 minutes from here. I have often passed California Road but didn't know that it went to an actual village with the same name. As the historic marker shown above explains, in 1849 a German settler named Frederick Wolf built a four-story hotel and named it the California House Hotel in honor of the California Gold Rush. Wolf made a sign for the hotel, showing a prospector with a sack of gold nuggets hanging over his shoulder. The village grew up around the hotel, which is still there though its name has is changed. Now I know why there are other local roads named Sacramento and San Francisco.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
california, pa
A couple of weeks ago I happened to drive through the village of California, which is about 20 minutes from here. I have often passed California Road but didn't know that it went to an actual village with the same name. As the historic marker shown above explains, in 1849 a German settler named Frederick Wolf built a four-story hotel and named it the California House Hotel in honor of the California Gold Rush. Wolf made a sign for the hotel, showing a prospector with a sack of gold nuggets hanging over his shoulder. The village grew up around the hotel, which is still there though its name has is changed. Now I know why there are other local roads named Sacramento and San Francisco.
