Today's episode is a specially requested episode about the city of Petaluma in California.

Its size is quite humble, with there being over hundred larger cities to be found in this US state.

However, its history is very interesting and considerable as we will find out today.

For clarification, the USA... considerable as we will find out today.

For clarification, the USA State of California is situated in the southwest corner of the United States

of America, bordered by the national border with Mexico to the south

and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The largest city in California is Los Angeles, which is in the south of California on the Pacific coast.

Much of California's population live in close proximity to the Pacific coast due to the

comparative advantages. One of the roads that navigates through many towns and

cities on a route somewhat adjacent and parallel to the coastline is the

US Highway 101.

From Los Angeles, the US Highway 101 will continue northwards and we'll go through San Jose and San Francisco

and then we'll cross the Golden Gate Straight at the Golden Gate Bridge,

Straight at the Golden Gate Bridge, continuing on from the bridge approximately 30 miles

and the highway enters Sonoma County and the county's southern point. The first city after this border is Petaluma

and this episode focuses on the history of this area. The history of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler. This is a special episode about the history of Petaluma. I'm going to America has a rich, unique and fascinating history. Historians have found it difficult

to agree on when the first human migration to the Americas took place,

but the general consensus is that it occurred during the last ice age between 15 and 20,000 years ago.

There is no contemporary written history of the peoples of what would become Northern California from before the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century,

but we can safely assume that there were a number of indigenous tribes in the area.

When looking at the name Petaluma,

it has been determined that this name originated from the Miwok set of languages.

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