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adobe store's origins can be traced back to Solano County's
formative days during the second half of the 1840s. It is located
in the town of Benicia directly north of the Carquinez Strait.
According to one widespread story, word of the gold strike at
Sutter's Mill was first disseminated at the Von Pfister
Adobe in 1848. |
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there is any veracity to this tale, the Von Pfister Adobe played
an important role in supplying the first wave of argonaunts
who descended upon the Sierra Nevada 'diggins'
in search of gold and adventure. In 1986, Archeo-Tec conducted
archaeological testing and served as an informant for the process
of restoration and reconstruction of the greatly deteriorating
Von Pfister Adobe Building. |
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