Rancho Sotoyome

Rancho Sotoyome was a 48,837-acre (197.64 km2) Mexican land grant given to Henry D. Fitch.[1] Sotoyome or "Satiyomes" was the name of a Wappo tribe.[2] The grant, in present-day Sonoma County, California, extended along the Russian River encompassing the Alexander Valley and present-day Healdsburg.[3][4]

  1. ^ Hoffman, Ogden (1862). Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. San Francisco: Numa Hubert.
  2. ^ "The Meaning of the Word Sotoyome". Russian River Recorder (21): 10–12. July–August 1981.
  3. ^ Diseño del Rancho Sotoyome
  4. ^ Mexican Land Grants in Sonoma County