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           was early opened near the springs,  and a hotel and  baths have  been
           erected for nearly half  a  century.  During recent years several cot-
           tages and additional bathing facilities have been constructed, so that
           in  1909  about  75  people  could  be  comfortably  taken  care  of.  A
           narrow  but  well-graded  road  extends  from  Cloverdale  to  the  hotel












































                                   Contour interval  2O feet
                          FIGURE 1. Map of The  Geysers,  Sonoma County, Cal.

           grounds.  In  the  spring  of  1910  a  better road  was  completed from
           Healdsburg into the locality,  and it was thus made easily accessible
           to automobiles.
             The  main  group  of  hot  springs  and  vapor  vents  that  constitute
           the  so-called  geysers  issue  on  the  northern  side  of  the  canyon  of
           Sulphur Creek,  within  an  area  that extends  about  300  yards  along
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