Buchli
unincorporated community
Buchli is located in California
Buchli
Buchli
Location in California
Buchli is located in the United States
Buchli
Buchli
Buchli (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°12′54″N 122°19′58″W / 38.21500°N 122.33278°W / 38.21500; -122.33278
Country United States
State California
CountyNapa 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

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Buchli". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ Saekel, Karola (March 18, 2004). "Hospitality train runs through Buchli Station". SFGATE. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ Eberling, Barry. "This abandoned south Napa ruin once tracked Sputniks during Cold War". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area History by Unit, California Department of Fish and Wildlife


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