by
Atwater Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2005
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...