Founded in 1868, Davis''s history is divided into an
initial '"village'" period (1860s'-1900s), a middle
four-decade '"town'" period (1910s'-1940s), and a
current and on-going '"city'" period (1950s to present). Much of what people think of as quintessential '"Davis'" was created in the middle, town period. About 1910 and with the start of the University of California experimental farm, Davis began to grow and become a striving and thriving...