This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Spaulding, a local photographer and historian. It was first published in the Vol. 22, No. 2 edition of Tidings, our […]
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This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Spaulding, a local photographer and historian. It was first published in the Vol. 22, No. 2 edition of Tidings, our […]
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May
May
Just what is the Magnavox Loudspeaker anyway? May 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the invention of the Magnavox Loudspeaker. Edwin S. Pridham and Peter L. Jensen, two Danish inventors, lived […]
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Mar
Dear Members and Supporters: Thanks to your overwhelming support, Napa City Council approved the funding for the first step in the repair and re-opening of the Goodman Library. Watch the […]
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Mar
Today is the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day when Civil Rights demonstrators tried to march to Montgomery, Alabama, from Selma on the Jefferson Davis Highway. At the Edmund […]
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Mar
This is an excerpt of an article written by one of our long-time volunteers, and was first published in the Vol. 22, No. 1 edition of Tidings, our quarterly newsletter. […]
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Mar
Sam Brannan was one of the first people in the Calistoga area to commercially produce wine. By 1862 he had several thousand acres of land on which he planted nearly […]
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Mar
The origins of Prohibition in the United States run as far back as the 17th century when there were strong religious objections throughout New England. The Puritans did not ban […]
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Mar
“In case you don’t know who I am, I’m Samuel Brannan. I led the first group of Mormon colonists to California in July 1846, right after it came under the […]
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Mar
Mar
Who was Edward Bale? “When His Majesty’s Ship Harriet ran aground off Monterey in 1837, one of the few survivors to get ashore from the wreckage was Dr. Edward Turner […]