How Sam Brannan’s Dog Founded Calistoga
All right, now let me take you on a journey, back in time to the year 1861, to the genesis of the town of Calistoga, California, and Sam Brannan, its bold and ambitious founder. This was a man of dynamic energy and far-reaching vision, who with the fierce loyalty of his dog, Leonitus, managed to shape this wilderness into a thriving resort town, a venture unlike any other in those early frontier days. Leonitus, Sam…