"All In A Row"A short historic Yolo County olive plantings can be seen near the former LaRue ranch home along Russell Boulevard west of Davis; at the Gibson House on Gibson Road in Woodland; and at the Yolo County Fairgrounds, former site of the Blowers ranch southeast of Woodland. R.B. Blowers, who is said to have made the first commercial olive oil in Yolo County, won a first prize at the Paris International competition in 1879 and at the New Orleans exposition of 1886. Several county roads still boast impressive stretches of bordering olive trees, notably along portions of Roads 98 and 99 and Russell Boulevard west toward Winters, with shorter rows in other areas.
FTF prize included