549 ECHOS-1996-274 eng Delaplane, Kristin Floods and fire made many idle roomers Feb 25, 1996 Second in a series In 1857, the town of Rio Vista was founded, with J.M. Sidwell as one of the original settlers. It was in that year that Sidwell built a hotel. The fate of that hotel was to be complete destruction, along with the rest of the area's structures, when the flood of 1862 hit with such force it drowned out the entire town. vacahc@gmail.com 274 53783467322 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/274/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/274/274.1.pdf PDF Document