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| | Petaluma Heritage Mural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | A sea captain, John McNear, recognized the prime location of Petaluma for commerce on the navigable creek, and erected the first cement warehouse and began a small grain empire, which was expanded by his son, George. |
 | | The Petaluma Creek was upgraded to River by Act of Congress and signed by President Eisenhower on June 16, 1959. |
 | | The Petaluma Cooperative Creamery, established in 1913, is now part of a national conglomerate of milk producers, and cheeses, including goat cheese, is still manufactured in the area. |
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