User:Klipty/Buchli, California
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Buchli | |
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  Buchli Location in California  Buchli Buchli (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°12′54″N 122°19′58″W / 38.21500°N 122.33278°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Napa County |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
Buchli is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m)[1] between Los Carneros AVA and the Napa-Sonoma Marsh. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a railway station in the community was used to ship produce grown in Napa and Sonoma counties along the Southern Pacific Railroad to San Francisco.[2] In 1946, Press Wireless, Inc. constructed a radio station in Buchli which received and processed most news reports from East Asia. The station was the first in the Western United States to receive signals from Sputnik 1.[3] Leslie Salt purchased land to the south in the 1950s, which it developed into salt evaporation ponds.[4] Starting in the 1970s, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife purchased much of the land around Buchli to set aside as a wildlife area.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Buchli". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Saekel, Karola (2004-03-18). "Hospitality train runs through Buchli Station". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Eberling, Barry. "This abandoned south Napa ruin once tracked Sputniks during Cold War". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ a b Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area History by Unit, California Department of Fish and Wildlife