Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Daughter of Benicia’s founder dies in Sonoma (July 29, 1943) Senora Luisa Vallejo Emparan, only surviving daughter of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, one of the founders of Benicia, passed away Friday at the Burnsdale Sanitorium in Sonoma, not far from the historic family home, where she was born. […]
Historian to describe role, interests of city, state founder Robert Semple
Benicia founder Robert Semple “was a busy guy,” said Jerry Hayes, president of the Benicia Historical Society. Semple started the first California newspaper. He was involved in the Bear Flag Revolt for California independence, and escorted the captured General Mariano Vallejo to Sutter’s Fort. Semple was, in fact, a key figure in the founding of […]