Sebastopol became known as the " Gravenstein Apple Capital of the World " . The apple industry brought a steady rural prosperity to the town . In 1890 the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad connected Sebastopol to the national rail network . The town was incorporated in 1902 , with schools , churches , hotels , canneries , mills , wineries , and an opera house to its credit . The 1906 earthquake reduced most of these early buildings to rubble ( Sebastopol is only seven miles from the city of Santa Rosa , the worst-hit town in the 1906 earthquake ) , but as elsewhere in the county , the town was rebuilt
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Sebastopol, California