Atwater
Atwater Historical Society
Atwater
Atwater Historical Society
The town of Atwater was rich in a different kind of treasure than the gold usually sought by people flocking to California in the 1850s. Named for Marshall D. Atwater, a tenant on several of founder John W. Mitchell’s 2,000-acre parcels, the community boasted a mineral-rich alluvial soil that made it an extremely productive agricultural area. When the Central Pacific Railroad came through-thanks to lobbying from Mitchell, along with several strips of free land deeded to the railroad-a switch was laid next to Atwater’s warehouse. The train switch and the building became known as Atwater Station, and in time, the town itself bore his name.
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