DIXON, CA (MPG) - The Dixon Historical Society is meeting Sunday, October 17, from 2 to 4:30 pm at the fellowship hall of the Dixon United Methodist Church at 209 North Jefferson Street. We are pleased to be able to resume our quarterly membership meetings. We will be following COVID-19 guidelines in placing chairs an acceptable distance apart and masks are encouraged. Members are encouraged to attend, and guests are welcome.

Immigrants arriving from Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, and Ireland found Dixon’s temperate climate, with mild winters and sufficient rain, a prime environment for the production of high-quality alfalfa and running successful dairy farms. Because of the size and abundance of working dairy farms, in 1914, Sunset Magazine titled Dixon, “Dairy City.”

The local dairies provided milk and dairy products to not only local residents but also shipped by train and truck, using ice to keep the products cold, to the growing populations in the Bay Area and Sacramento. Achilles Panizza, a dairyman himself from 1918-1973, listed more than 60 family dairy farms that operated in Dixon during his lifetime.

At the October meeting, members are pleased to welcome descendants of Dixon dairymen to share their family history and memories of life on a dairy farm. The program includes Peter Timm, DVM, Jeanie Vanetti, Stuart Rowe, Rick Sequeira and his sister, Carol, and the Hull Family.

Following our program, President Bill Schroeder will conduct a short business meeting which will include presenting the 2022-2024 slate of officers followed by a Dixon History Museum Update. All members are encouraged to participate.

Light prepackaged snacks along with bottles of water will be available.