Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Guerneville yakavakwa pedyo neRwizi rweRussia. Miti yemichindwe yaikura zvikuru murwizi rwacho zvokuti mazana mashomanana emakore akapfuura, mupata wacho wakanga une uwandu hwezvinhu zvipenyu hwakawanda zvikurusa pasi pano, maererano netsika yomunzvimbomo. VaIndia vePomo vomunzvimbomo vaishandisa nzvimbo yacho semisasa yezhizha ndokuidana kuti "Ceola" (kana kuti "cee-oh-lay") izvo zvaireva kuti "nzvimbo ine mumvuri". Kunze kwedanda guru remiti yekare yakachengetedzwa mumvura yeFife Creek, ikozvino nzvimbo yeArmstrong Woods Park, miti yakawanda yakatemwa mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi19 uye kutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20, zvichikonzera zita rekutanga reChirungu renzvimbo iyi <unk> "Stumptown". Kutema matanda munzvimbo yacho kwakawedzera zvikuru pashure pokunge matanda akawanda anodiwa pakuvakazve pashure pokuparadzwa kweguta racho.
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906. Mharidzo yegore negore yeguta ichiri kuyeuka zita rekare renzvimbo yacho nokuzvidana kuti "Mazuva eStumptown". Zita razvino reGuerneville rakatangwa kukudza mutorwa weSwitzerland George Guerne, muzvinabhizimisi womunzvimbomo wezana ramakore rechi 19 uyo aiva nomugadziri wemiti womuguta racho. Pakazosvika 1870, pakanga pane U.S. Post Office muGuerneville; yakanyorwa nezita rokuti "Guerneville". Kunyange zvazvo vagari vomunharaunda vangawanikwa vachitengesa T-shirts inoti "Usaidana kuti Guerneyville", vazhinji vakadana guta racho "Guerneyville" mukunyora uye kududza kubvira kuma1800. Masango makuru omuti mutsvuku ari mumakomo akapoteredza haasati ava nemakore 200 okuberekwa, achitsiva miti yakawanda yakatemwa muzana remakore rechi19.