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Walters Ranch Hop Kiln is historical site of buildings built in 1905, in Sonoma, California in Sonoma County, California. The Walters Ranch Hop Kiln is a California Historical Landmark No. 627 listed on January 13, 1958. The Walters Ranch Hop Kiln was built by Italian stonemason, Angelo "'Skinny" Soldini. Sol Walters purchased 380 acres of the Rancho Sotoyome, a 1853 Mexican land grant to Josefa Fitch. The Walters Ranch Hop Kiln is composed of three stone kilns (ovens, Oast houses) for drying hops for 20 hours a patch. Hops are used in beer making breweries. In addition to the kilns, the site as a wooden building for cooling the hops and a two-story press for baling the hops for shipment. The Walters Ranch Hop Kilns was one of early and large operation in the Northern California region. Landmark Vineyards purchased the property in 2016. Landmark Vineyards', Landmark Hop Kiln Winery, is restoring the buildings that are in the Russian River Valley. It was hops, not grapes that was Sonoma County's first major crop. By 1940 hops was no longer and major crop due to the downy mildew disease and insect phylloxera.There are other historical buildings on the site, A 1888 sheep barn was built with square nails and wood peg construction. Also a Italianate house. A California historical marker is at 6050 Westside Road, Healdsburg. The historical marker at Walters Ranch Hop Kiln was placed there by the California Department of Parks and Recreation in working with the Griffin Vineyard on May 1, 1977.Walters Ranch Hop Kiln is on the National Register of Historic Places in Sonoma County, California.

Green Valley Creek is a 10.7-mile-long (17.2 km) stream in Sonoma County, California, United States, which springs from the hills above the Bohemian Grove and is a tributary of the Russian River.

Hacienda (also Cosmo) is a community in Sonoma County, California. It is located west of Santa Rosa on the Russian River. First settled in 1871, it was served by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad from 1876 to 1935. Hacienda was a popular river resort from the 1920s through the 1950s, with river frontage, campgrounds, and a golf course designed by Alistair MacKenzie. Today, the site is a private community.

Steelhead Beach Regional Park is a regional park on the Russian River north of Forestville, California, U.S.A. that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. The day use fee is $7 per vehicle.

Sonoma County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its seat of government and largest city is Santa Rosa.Sonoma County comprises the Santa Rosa-Petaluma Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is the northernmost county in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region. In California's Wine Country region, which also includes Napa, Mendocino, and Lake counties, Sonoma County is the largest producer. It has thirteen approved American Viticultural Areas and more than 350 wineries. The voters have twice approved open space initiatives that have provided funding for public acquisition of natural areas, preserving forested areas, coastal habitat, and other open space. More than 8.4 million tourists visit each year, spending more than $1 billion in 2016. Sonoma County is a leading producer of hops, grapes, prunes, apples, as well as dairy and poultry products, largely due to the extent of available, fertile agricultural land in addition to the abundance of high-quality water for irrigation. Agriculture was largely divided between two nearly monocultural uses: grapes and pasturage.

Mark West Creek is a 29.9-mile-long (48.1 km) stream that rises in the Mayacamas Mountains of Sonoma County, California, United States. Tributaries of Mark West Creek include Porter Creek and Hummingbird Creek, both of which originate in the same mountain range. Discharge waters of Mark West Creek reach the Russian River after a confluence with the Laguna de Santa Rosa. The Community Clean Water Institute has developed a program for monitoring pollutants in Mark West Creek.The four-mile stretch of Mark West Creek from Mark West Lodge to Mark West Creek Road is a challenging class III-V whitewater kayaking run.

Cooper's Sawmill is a California Historical Landmark located almost two miles north of Forestville, California, and is located in the jurisdiction of Santa Rosa, in the United States. It was the site of the first power-operated sawmill used for commercial purposes in California.

Wilson Grove is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States.

Forestville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. It was settled during the late 1860s and was originally spelled Forrestville after one of its founders. The spelling long ago became standardized with one "r". The population was 3,293 at the 2010 census, an increase of nearly 1,000 since the 2000 census. By 1900, the community was known for attracting writers and artists and had a bohemian reputation. The small town has a limited number of businesses.

KVRV (97.7 FM, "The River") is a commercial radio station licensed to Monte Rio, California, broadcasting to the Santa Rosa, California area. KVRV airs a classic rock music format branded as "The River" (a local reference to the Russian River). Their studios are in Santa Rosa. The station's previous call letters were KMGG, and the station played oldies music from 1986 to 2003.

El Molino High School was a public four-year comprehensive high school located at 7050 Covey Road in Forestville, California, United States. El Molino High School serves the West Sonoma County Union High School District. Matt Dunkle is the principal. Its campus occupies 41 acres (17 ha) of land.The high school offers advanced placement classes (AP) in a number of subjects. The advanced placement participation rate of students at El Molino is 23%. The pass rate for AP exams is 78%.The student demographics at El Molino are 48% male and 52% female. The total minority student enrollment is 30 percent with hispanic students, who make up the largest minority group, accounting for 23% of the school's total population.

Dry Creek is a 43.0-mile-long (69.2 km) stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Mendocino. It is a tributary of the Russian River, with headwaters in Mendocino County. The Dry Creek Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area.