William Marcus West

William Marcus West

William Marcus West is a Scottish American pioneer who settled in what is now eastern Sonoma County, California, United States.

West came to the area in 1832, soon after marrying Guadalupe Vasquez, a sister of General Vallejo. At the time, the area belonged to Mexico. In 1840, he acquired the convert|6663|acre|km2|2|lk=on|adj=on Rancho San Miguel, located north of Santa Rosa Creek. Mark West establishes a hacienda, post office, and trading post near Mark West Creek. [cite web|url=http://users.ap.net/~chenae/socotown.html|title=Towns of Sonoma County|accessdate=2008-01-21]

Several several geographic features in the area were named after him, including Mark West Creek, Mark West School, and the communities of Mark West and Mark West Springs, California. [ [http://www.markwest.org/markwesthistory/ Mark West Area Chamber of Commerce: Mark West history] ]

ee also

*Santa Rosa, California

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