Ukiah is the county seat and largest city of Mendocino County, California, with a population of 16,607 at the 2020 census. With its accessible location along the U.S. Route 101 corridor, Ukiah serves as the city center for Mendocino County and much of neighboring Lake County.
Historic former post office in Ukiah
The Yokayo band of Pomo people who inhabited the Russian River valley from the pre-Columbian era are today an unrecognized tribe in the United States.
The "World's Largest Redwood Tree Service Station" in Ukiah is built largely from a massive section of Sequoia.
Grace Hudson's Sun House, designed by Grace and John Hudson c. 1911 in the Craftsman style
The Pomo are a Native American people of California. Historical Pomo territory in Northern California was large, bordered by the Pacific Coast to the west, extending inland to Clear Lake, mainly between Cleone and Duncans Point. One small group, the Tceefoka, lived in the vicinity of present-day Stonyford, Colusa County, were they were separated from the majority of Pomo lands by Yuki and Wintuan speakers.
Pomo
A Pomo person in a tule boat, circa 1924.
A Pomo Dancer (Kal-si-wa, Rosa Peters) by Grace Hudson
Pomo house, of wicker-work