By Lauren Coodley I never planned to teach history, never planned to be a teacher, never heard of something called women’s history. I had no plans; I was a girl […]
By Ian Thompson Vacaville Heritage Council NAPA – It was the day that World War II came to Calistoga. On February 13, 1945, a large incendiary bomb-carrying balloon that had […]
By Sue Ziemski and Linda Jesmok. As a partner for the new exhibit, City of Immigrants: An American Story, the Napa Valley Genealogical Society dove into our Napa Pioneer records […]
Over the past two years the Historical Society has sought to lend voice to the amazing stories of people, places, and events woven into the fabric of the Napa Valley’s […]
As we gear up to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the founding of historic Napa, it is fun to look back at the founding of the Napa County Historical Society. […]
Over the past few years, have you noticed that a lot of men have stopped shaving and are growing some really cool beards in the month of November? This is […]
By Evan Darlington Isadore C. Braghetta and his family seem to have been important figures in the Napa Valley. Braghetta was born in Switzerland in 1861 and came to the […]
Submitted by Elaine Everett Nathan Coombs founded the town of Napa California in the year 1847. And with the invention of the camera in 1841 and photo-journalism getting its start […]
Submitted by Ann Miller Some ninety years ago, the men of the Napa Chamber of Commerce published a twenty-four page booklet of promotional photos, Beautiful Napa: A Pictorial Journey. Despite […]
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