Philip PezzagliaPHIL PEZZAGLIA is a native of Rio Vista, where his paternal great-grandfather settled in the adjacent Montezuma Hills in 1871. He published his first article on Delta history in May 2001. Since then he has authored numerous newspaper and magazine artcles on Rio Vista and the surrounding communities. His published works include: Images of America: Rio Vista (Arcadia, 2005); Images of America: Towns of the Sacramento River Delta (Arcadia, 2013), and True Tales of the Sacramento Delta (The History Press, 2015). He lives with his wife and three children, in Rio Vista, where he is the curator of the Rio Vista Museum and a well-known regional historian, having served on the board of directors of the Rio Vista Museum and the Sacramento River Delta Historical Society.

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