Cotati Downtown Plaza

The bronze makes Kotati a Pomo chieftain, and misspells the word. Kota'ti was a Coast Miwok village, and this is Coast Miwok country; the register has since dropped the tribe and kept only a local chief. The village's people burned the cabin John Reed built near Crane Creek in 1827. Mexico granted the land to Juan Castañeda in 1844 as Rancho Cotate, Dr. Thomas Page bought it in 1849, and his heirs laid out the six-sided plaza in the 1890s, a street for each son.

What the plaque says

Cotati Downtown Plaza Cotati's hexagonal town plan, one of only two in the United States, was designed during the 1890's by Newton Smyth as an alternative to traditional grid land planning. The six-sided town plaza was designed for founder Thomas Page, and each of the surrounding streets was named after one of Page's sons. "Cotati" derives from "Kotati", a local Pomo Indian chieftan. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 879 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the City of Cotati and all organizations, June 7, 1975.

Where it stands

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