Editing Davis, California (section)

== History ==
Davis sits on land that was historically inhabited by Indigenous people associated with the [[Clovis culture|Clovis]] culture. The [[Patwin]], a southern branch of [[Wintun]] people, eventually displaced existing Indigenous tribes. The Patwin were subsequently displaced by the American and Mexican government in the 1830s as part of the [[California genocide]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wintun {{!}} people|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wintun|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=California Indian History – California Native American Heritage Commission|url=http://nahc.ca.gov/resources/california-indian-history/|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=nahc.ca.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vaught|first=David|date=2002|title=Putah Creek: Water, Land, Wheat, and Community in the Sacramento Valley in the 1850s|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3745007|journal=Agricultural History|volume=76|issue=2|pages=326–337|doi=10.1525/ah.2002.76.2.326|jstor=3745007|s2cid=162189246 |issn=0002-1482}}</ref> Patwin burial grounds have been found across Davis, including on the site of the UC Davis [[Mondavi Center]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2000|title=Second Patwin burial site found|url=https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/second-patwin-burial-site-found|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=UC Davis|language=EN}}</ref> Territory that eventually became Davis emerged from [[Ranchos of California|ranchos]], Laguna de Santos Callé.<ref name="Vaught 2004 140–154">{{Cite journal|last=Vaught|first=David|date=2004|title=A Tale of Three Land Grants on the Northern California Borderlands|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744897|journal=Agricultural History|volume=78|issue=2|pages=140–154|doi=10.1525/ah.2004.78.2.140|jstor=3744897|s2cid=143254378 |issn=0002-1482}}</ref> [[Jerome C. Davis]], a prominent farmer and one of the early claimants to land in Laguna de Santos Callé, lobbied to the United States Congress to retain the land that eventually became Davis.<ref name="Vaught 2004 140–154"/><ref>{{Cite web|editor-last=Spanger|editor-first=George C.|date=July 2, 1864|title=The Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations of the United States of America, December 1863 to December 1865, Vol. 13|url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/38th-congress/session-1/c38s1ch218.pdf|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> Davis became a depot on the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] in 1868, when it was named '''Davisville''' after Jerome C. Davis.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Davis {{!}} California, United States|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Davis-California|access-date=July 30, 2020|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> The post office at Davisville shortened the town name to "Davis" in 1907. The name stuck, and the city of Davis was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] on March 28, 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daviswiki.org/Jerome_C._Davis|title=Jerome C. Davis – Davis – LocalWiki|website=daviswiki.org|access-date=April 28, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150303/https://daviswiki.org/Jerome_C._Davis|archive-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref>

From its inception as a farming community, Davis is known primarily for its contributions to agricultural policy along with veterinary care and animal husbandry. Following the passage of the University Farm Bill in 1905 by the [[California State Legislature]], Governor [[George Pardee]] selected Davis out of 50 other sites as the future home to the [[University of California]]'s University Farm, officially opening to students in 1908.<ref>[http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/general_history/campuses/ucd/overview.html Davis: Historical Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214005337/http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/general_history/campuses/ucd/overview.html |date=February 14, 2009 }} ''University of California History'' Retrieved on 02-17-08</ref> The farm, later renamed the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture in 1922, was upgraded to become the seventh [[University of California|UC]] general campus, the [[University of California, Davis]], in 1959.