MATTHEW DIXON (1828-1915) came from Virginia (today’s West Virginia) to California in 1849 to strike it rich in the gold fields of Placerville. After about four weeks of mining, he left for Mountain View where he purchased his first two plots of farmland. He married Eliza Ann Whisman and started a family. In 1861 he purchased two more plots of land in Warm Springs/Milpitas Township totaling 402 acres and created Dixon Landing, a port on Coyote Creek where shallow-water scows could load passengers and cargo of local farmers/merchants for sale in the towns around San Francisco Bay. (Use the links to retrieve the full article).