Capay Valley (once known as Cache Creek Cañon), California - the Cache Creek Resort, on Highway 16 in Capay Valley in northwestern Yolo County. (Photographs taken by Peggy B. Perazzo, July 2005, used with permission)

“Capay Valley, the most striking, the dominating topographical feature and factor in the future of Yolo County, remains to be mentioned. It is twenty miles long, with a varying width of from one to four miles. Most of its area is a rich, sandy loam, the best of all fruit and alfalfa land. It is shielded from the cold winds and frost, and is on this account peculiarly fitted for the growth of early fruit and vegetables. It is in the same belt as the celebrated Vacaville fruit district and is fully as productive. It lies between hills clothed with semi-tropical verdure. The valley was originally covered by groves of oak and other trees which have given place to grain fields alternating with orchards, vineyards, citrus fruits, and olive groves - a sign along the water way from the Clear Lake reservoir of what would follow its general distribution on the plain below.” (From “Woodland, California,” By. R. A. Thompson, excerpt from Out West magazine , Vol. XVII, No. 1, July, 1902, pp. 120-135.)

Cache Creek Resort Sign

Cache Creek Resort Hotel and Casino

Capay Valley looking toward the west from the Cache Creek Resort.

(panorama from left to right)