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Allegedly, however, by the 1820s, before the Carrillos built their adobe in the 1830s, Spanish and Mexican settlers from nearby Sonoma and other settlements to the south raised livestock in the area and slaughtered animals at the fork of the Santa Rosa Creek and Matanzas Creek, near the intersection of modern-day Santa Rosa Avenue and Sonoma Avenue. In the 1830s, during the Mexican period, the family of María López de Carrillo built an adobe house on their Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa land grant, just east of what later became downtown Santa Rosa.

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The first known permanent European settlement of Santa Rosa was the homestead of the Carrillo family of California, in-laws to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, who settled the Sonoma pueblo and Petaluma area. By 1900, the Pomo population had decreased by 95%. Upon the arrival of Europeans, the Pomos were decimated by smallpox brought from Europe. The tribe gathered at ceremonial times on Santa Rosa Creek near present-day Spring Lake Regional Park. Those who entered without permission were subject to harsh penalties. The Bitakomtara controlled the area closely, barring passage to others until permission was arranged. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Santa Rosa Plain was home to a strong and populous tribe of Pomo natives known as the Bitakomtara. Santa Rosa was founded in 1833 and named after Saint Rose of Lima. The former Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad Station














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