| The history of Guerneville has been marked by a series of economic surges, most of them relatively short-lived.
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| John Schubert |
An early businessman named John Bagley may have been the most prominent citizen of the town that became Guerneville, but as Schubert relates, Bagley chose to name it for one of his friends and business partners, rather than himself.
Before the train came out the Russian River from the Santa Rosa plain, some Guerneville area entrepreneurs tried using the river itself as a transportation corridor, but as John Schubert relates, that proved to be a short-lived experiment.
John Schubert, is a Russian River historian and board member for the Sonoma County Historical Society as well as the Russian River Historical Society. His Guerneville Early Days: A History of the Lower Russian River, covers the history of Guerneville up to 1910.
Schubert's self-published book received the 1999 Campbell Augustus Menefee Scholastic Award.
| Fires, earthquakes, economic hard times and more have all taken a toll, at one time or another, on the Russian River town of Guerneville, as John Schubert details in this North Bay Report.
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As logging cleared more and more land along the lower Russian River, some astute local businessmen came up with a plan to maximize their resources, by selling vacation homes in the area.
A common feature of these vacation homes was a wraparound porch, which John Schubert explains was far more practical when they were built than now.
Over the years, Jan says she has been able to build and maintain good relationships with the parents of many of the infants she has cared for.
Children over the age of six who are in protective custody in Sonoma County are usually taken to the new Valley of the Moon Childrens' Home. To view the Valley of the Moon Children's Foundation website, 
April Moore says that one of her biggest jobs, as a short-term foster mother, is helping her kids catch up developmentally.
Foster parenting can be demanding and exhausting, but fortunately Moore says there is a well-established training and support system in place to help.
To report known or suspected child abuse in Sonoma County, call: 
