In 1862, Petaluma merchant John Sroufe and his partner James Daly built themselves a new grocery in a building currently occupied by the Thrifty Hippy Thrift Store at 218 Petaluma Boulevard North. After 14 years in the grocery trade in Petaluma, Sroufe went on to become one of the wealthiest whiskey merchants and mining investors … Continue reading John Sroufe: A Rags to Riches Story