Editing Esparto, California (section)

==History==
[[File:Rumsey Branch of SP 1905.jpg|thumb|Rumsey Branch of SP in 1905 at Capay and Esparto]]
[[Vaca Valley Railroad]] officials gave the name Esperanza ("hope" in Spanish) to their new townsite in 1888, but when the post office was established in 1890 the name had to be changed because there was already an Esperanza in [[Tulare County]]. The name Esparto was chosen as the new name, and it means "feather grass" ([[Stipa tenacissima]]) in Spanish. In 1888 Esparto was laid with track from the [[Vaca Valley Railroad]] (later consolidated into the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]]) that trailed to [[Rumsey, California|Rumsey]].<ref name="Valley Timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.capayvalleyvision.org/timeline.html|title=Capay Valley Historical Timeline|publisher=Capay Valley Vision|access-date=2008-12-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514084303/http://www.capayvalleyvision.org/timeline.html|archive-date=2009-05-14}}</ref> In 1893, [[Yolo County]]'s second high school was established in the town of Esparto, Esparto High School, but a building for it was not built until 1918.<ref name="Valley Timeline" />

The [[Vaca Valley Railroad]] began in 1937 to remove track from Rumsey to Esparto, stopping train service northwest of Esparto in 1941. The passenger service from Esparto to [[Elmira, California|Elmira]] was officially discontinued in 1957.<ref name="Valley Timeline" /> Voters approved the formation of a school district in 1959-60 that encompass the [[Capay Valley]]. Another major win for the community was the successful fundraising for the Esparto Regional Library Branch of the Yolo County Library in 1999.<ref name="Valley Timeline" />

A local quarry was used in 2009 by the ''[[MythBusters]]'' to test the "Knock Your Socks off" myth. A large [[ANFO]] explosion was detonated which caused damage and much local complaint as described in the episode "[[MythBusters (2011 season)#Special 2 - Location, Location, Location|Location, Location, Location]]". According to [[Grant Imahara]], who was part of the team performing the test, the ''MythBusters'' have been unable to set foot into Esparto following the incident.