Galt
Galt is 6.78 square mile town 23 miles south of Sacramento down Highway 99. Its population is 23,647 (2010 census), zip code 95623, and was incorporated in 1946. Long time resident and archivist to the town Daniel Tarnasky has written the history of the town.... "Long before the first settlers arrived in California, the Miwok Indians lived and hunted the Great Central valley. In the Galt area, it was the Plains Miwok whose tribes included the Cosumne, Sonolomne, and the Unizumne. The philosophy was to live in harmony with nature and disturb nothing. Little can be found that they left behind, except for a few artistic baskets and personal belongings. In the mid-1700’s, the Spanish came to occupy coastal California, setting up 21 missions. Between 1812-1833, most Miwoks were taken…