Charlie Brown has been in town for a long time

Back in 1884, there was a Native American (of the Calpella band) farmer who knew English better than the fellow members of his band, so he ended up doing a lot of the translation for them. He’d been born in Santa Rosa, California, in the town where the Schulz Museum and his studio offices now are. And his name? Charlie Brown.

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