This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YW.2ADI/4205.1 Message Board Post: Guerneville, on the Russian River in Sonoma County, was a lumbering center in the 1800s and early 1900s. Most of the old growth trees are gone now but there are still a lot of beautiful redwoods in the area.