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Author: Atwater Historical Society ISBN: 9781439614259
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: October 19, 2005
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Atwater Historical Society
ISBN: 9781439614259
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: October 19, 2005
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
The town of Atwater was rich in a different kind of treasure than the gold usually sought by people flocking to California in the 1850s. Named for Marshall D. Atwater, a tenant on several of founder John W. Mitchell�s 2,000-acre parcels, the community boasted a mineral-rich alluvial soil that made it an extremely productive agricultural area. When the Central Pacific Railroad came through�thanks to lobbying from Mitchell, along with several strips of free land deeded to the railroad�a switch was laid next to Atwater�s warehouse. The train switch and the building became known as Atwater Station, and in time, the town itself bore his name.
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The town of Atwater was rich in a different kind of treasure than the gold usually sought by people flocking to California in the 1850s. Named for Marshall D. Atwater, a tenant on several of founder John W. Mitchell�s 2,000-acre parcels, the community boasted a mineral-rich alluvial soil that made it an extremely productive agricultural area. When the Central Pacific Railroad came through�thanks to lobbying from Mitchell, along with several strips of free land deeded to the railroad�a switch was laid next to Atwater�s warehouse. The train switch and the building became known as Atwater Station, and in time, the town itself bore his name.

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