The City of Cotati was once the Coast Miwok village of Kota'ti, and by 1850 it had become a 17,000-acre ranch in central Sonoma County. Dr. Thomas Stokes Page and his heirs operated the ranch until the 1890s, when they laid out a town with a distinctive hexagonal plaza and streets named after Dr. Page's sons, giving centrally located Cotati the nickname "The Hub of Sonoma County." For many years, Cotati served as a gathering place for hundreds of chicken ranchers who bought small farms in the surrounding countryside. This 4.37-acre property, known as Veronda-Falletti Ranch, was purchased by the Veronda family in 1938, and they raised chickens there, at one time keeping nearly 3,000 birds; the long, linear brooder house still survives. In 1948, Jennie Veronda married Al Falletti, and they built a Spanish Colonial style home on a separate parcel north of the original farmhouse. In 1953, Jennie and Al planted fruit trees and flower gardens and began raising sheep for meat and wool. After Cotati incorporated in 1963, Al was elected to the city's first City Council and later became mayor. In 2008, the property was purchased and permanently protected as public open space through a partnership between the City of Cotati and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. In 2012, after the last of the Falletti sheep died, a new flock from a local farm restored sheep grazing. The ranch has remained in continuous agricultural use for more than 100 years and stands as a notable example of local agricultural heritage and family stewardship.