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Author Archives: Alexandria Brown

Ask A Librarian, Napa

Napa or Nappa?

Posted on May 28, 2014July 16, 2015 by Alexandria Brown

What does Napa mean? I’ve heard more than a dozen different origin theories for Nappa, the town’s original name, but most claim the word derived from a Wappo or Patwin […]

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Scavenger Hunts

Posted on May 16, 2014August 4, 2015 by Alexandria Brown

Our mission here at Napa County Historical Society is to “keep history alive.”  The most obvious way we do that is through our research library and archives, where we preserve, […]

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