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California History, General History, People, Wine and Viticulture

Ernie Pyle

Posted on June 17, 2015July 16, 2015 by admin
17
Jun

Today the Los Angeles Times ran a fascinating article about Ernie Pyle, the Pulitzer-prize winning journalist. He was most famous for his articles covering the US involvement in World War […]

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Posted in California History, General History, People, Wine and Viticulture
African American History, California History, People

Some of Napa’s Early Black Pioneers

Posted on June 10, 2015November 20, 2016 by admin
10
Jun

Edward and Susan Hatton arrived in Napa County in the mid-1850s, where Edward established a barbershop. He also worked as the Napa and Vallejo agent for The Elevator and Pacific […]

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Posted in African American History, California History, People
African American History, California History

Napa County and the 15th Amendment

Posted on June 10, 2015November 20, 2016 by admin
10
Jun

On March 30, 1870, just five years after the end of the Civil War, the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, granting all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, ethnicity, […]

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Posted in African American History, California History
African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History, Napa

Ask A Librarian: AMEZ in Napa

Posted on June 5, 2015November 20, 2016 by admin
05
Jun

If we had a “colored school” in Napa, did we also have an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church? Churches were the first Black organizations to develop in Northern California, and […]

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Posted in African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History, Napa
African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History, Napa

Ask A Librarian: Colored Schools

Posted on June 5, 2015November 20, 2016 by admin

I heard we had a “colored school” in Napa, is that true? Even though African Americans had won their freedom and, with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, […]

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Posted in African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History, Napa
African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History

Ask A Librarian: Slavery in Napa

Posted on June 5, 2015November 20, 2016 by admin
05
Jun

If California was a free state, does that mean we didn’t have slaves in Napa County? The short answer is we most certainly did have slaves in Napa, but the […]

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Posted in African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History
African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History, People

Ask A Librarian: First African Americans in Napa

Posted on June 5, 2015November 20, 2016 by admin

Who was the first African American in Napa County? Although the long presence of peoples of African heritage in California is well-documented, it is difficult to know who the first […]

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Posted in African American History, Ask A Librarian, California History, People
Tidings, Wine and Viticulture

The Good Life in Oakville: A History of the Far Niente Winery

Posted on June 5, 2015July 16, 2015 by admin

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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Posted in Tidings, Wine and Viticulture
Tidings, Wine and Viticulture

Schramsberg – History You Can Take Home in a Bottle

Posted on June 5, 2015July 16, 2015 by admin

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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Posted in Tidings, Wine and Viticulture
Ask A Librarian, Napa, Programs & Events

Ask a Librarian: Magnavox Loudspeaker

Posted on May 5, 2015July 16, 2015 by admin
05
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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