Guerneville was named for its founder, George Guerne. "In 1860 R. B. Lunsford established a lumber camp on the north bank of the Russian River which grew with success and was later known as "Stumptown". In 1867 a 25 year old Swiss immigrant arrived in Stumptown. His name was George E. Guerne. Guerne purchased land in the area and laid out a subdivision which became known as "Guernewood Park"'. Guerne also built and operated a sawmill in Stumptown. Before long, Stumptown was renamed for its most important resident and has been known ever since as Guerneville." [source: http://www.russianrivertravel.com/stewards-armstronghistory.htm] Google "Guerneville history" for more. ===================================== >Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:50:15 -0700 >From: "Lorelei Rockwell" <[email protected]> >Subject: [CASONOMA] Who was the founder of Guerneville, CA > >I'm new to the list and I have a Swiss friend who told me the founder of >Guerneville was from the Jura in Switzerland. How can I find out if this is >true and if it is, where can I look for data about the founder? > >