Two-way Street

I wrote about my belief that Sibley St. in Folsom, CA, is named after one Alexander Sibley, a 49er who knew some of the same people as Captain Folsom, and could have been a close personal friend. It seemed a slam dunk. Who else would that street be named for?

I have this huge book. Got it from my uncle. It's a facsimile, a faithful reproduction, of a history of Sacramento County produced in 1880. One of those sentimentalist jobs popular in the Victorian era. It's full of detail, basically a big heavy almanac. I found this on Page 223.

Joseph Folsom died in July of '55 but the first teacher of a school opened two years later may have been a well-respected local citizen of his acquaintance, so now I've got two names vying for the signal honor of having served as inspiration for a street name.

What to do, what to do.