THE ITALIANS HAND DUG AND CUT BASALT PAVING STONES FROM ANNADEL STATE PARK WHICH IS NOW OPERATED BY THE COUNTY. I HAD INVENTORIED MANY HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC SITES THERE IN EARLY 1980'S. THE ITALIANS IMMIGRATED HERE IN 1880'S TO GROW GRAPES. SOME WERE GOOD STONE MASONS. THEY NAMED ONE TRAIL COBBLESTONE TRAIL. THESE STONE WERE MINED AND CUT HERE AND PLACED ON ON RAILROAD CARS TO PAVE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA ROSA, AND PETALUMA.
BLOCK MAKERS WERE CALLED QUARRY MEN WHO B;LASTED FROM THE HILLSIDE WITH EXPLOSIVES. THEY HAD GRAVITY RUN RAILROADS THAT TOOK THE BLOCKS TO THE TRAIN AT MELITA, ANNADEL STATIONS, AND KENWOOD DEPOT. SOME OF SANTA ROSA BUILDINGS WERE MADE FROM STONES FROM ANNADEL HOTEL LA ROSE AND THE RAILROAD DEPOT NEARBY WHICH IS NOW THE TOWN VISITOR CENTER. THE STONES WERE ALSO USED ON JACK LONDON'S WOLF HOUSE THAT BURNED. AFTER THE 1920'S COBBLESTONE WAS REPLACED BY PAVED AND GRAVEL ROADS.
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