Blue Wing Inn

Sonoma County · Sonoma State Historic Park · location approximate

The inn was erected by General M. G. Vallejo about 1840 for the accommodation of emigrants and other travelers. Purchased in gold rush days by Cooper and Spriggs, two retired seafaring men, and operated as hotel and store. Among first hostelries in northern California. Notable guests, according to local tradition, included John C. Frémont, U. S. Grant, Governor Pío Pico, Kit Carson, Fighting Joe Hooker, William T. Sherman, Phil Sheridan and members of the Bear Flag Party. Classed among the notorious visitors were bandit Murieta and "Three-fingered Jack."

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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