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Valley Ford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Sonoma County, California, United States. It is located on State Route 1 in an area of rolling hills about 75 minutes north of San Francisco by automobile. Like all of Sonoma County, Valley Ford is included in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Redwood Empire. The village lies just north of the Estero Americano, about from the Pacific Ocean. It is north of Dillon Beach, east of the town of Bodega Bay and southeast of Jenner. The Estero Americano is protected by the Estero Americano State Marine Recreational Management Area. Like an underwater park, this marine protected area helps conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems. ==History== Prior to its settlement by Europeans, the indigenous Coast Miwok and Pomo people people hunted, fished, and gathered in the area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Valley Ford, California Community Profile )〕 A Miwok village named ''Ewapalt'' has been documented in the Valley Ford area. Europeans explored the coastline in the early 17th century but did not settle until 1812, when Russian fur traders came south from Alaska and built Fort Ross about northwest of Valley Ford. The Russians remained until 1841, when the area came under Mexican rule.〔 In 1850, the year California became a U.S. state, the area was made part of Sonoma County. Valley Ford had a grain mill in the mid-19th century. Starting in the 1870s, Valley Ford was a stop on the North Pacific Coast Railroad connecting Cazadero to the Sausalito ferry, enabling local ranchers and fishers to export produce to San Francisco.〔 In 1976, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation art piece ''Running Fence'' passed through Valley Ford on its way from Cotati to Bodega Bay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Running Fence )〕 Open from 1856 to 1967, Watson School once served as Valley Ford's school, and is located in a Sonoma County Regional Parks Department historic park about 3.5 miles north of Valley Ford. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valley Ford, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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