Pioneer Mothers of Sonoma - Sonoma, CA
N 38° 17.401 W 122° 27.479
10S E 547399 N 4238132
This dedicated tree resides at the SE corner of Broadway and Patten St.
Waymark Code: WMPX5B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2015
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A sequoia tree resides at the corner of Broadway and Patten and contains a plaque near its base that reads:
PLANTED BY R.B. LYON 1865
DEDICATED BY THE
NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
TO THE PIONEER MOTHERS OF SONOMA
DECEMBER 25 1929
SONOMA PARLOR 209
I tried to do a little research on R.B. Lyon and all I could find online was that he married a Harriet Akers in 1857. He's also mentioned in the Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California from 1889 in which he took on a partnership with a Mr. McHarvey in 1855 for a blacksmith and carriage shop, the second one of its kind in Sonoma at the time. He retired from the business in 1860.