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Fun, Napa County

Carole Lombard’s Lasting Impact on Napa

Posted on April 24, 2020May 13, 2020 by admin
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Apr

by Kimberly Lindbergs While pursuing my personal interest in local history I was pleasantly surprised to discover that one of my favorite Hollywood funny ladies, the brassy blonde bombshell Carole […]

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Napa, Napa County, People

Guy Winfrey

Posted on April 14, 2020May 6, 2020 by Kelly O'Connor
14
Apr

  “The kind of universal and versatile genius that restores faith in mankind.” Guy Lester Winfrey was born in Carbondale, Illinois in 1883. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in […]

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Posted in Napa, Napa County, People
Calistoga, Community Groups & Organizations, Echoes of Napa, Exhibit, People

Gliders Above the Valley

Posted on March 22, 2020February 2, 2021 by admin
22
Mar

* Tip: Turn volume up to best hear the audio files, 7 audio files in total. As an addendum to the winter 2019 exhibit at Goodman Library, which is not […]

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Posted in Calistoga, Community Groups & Organizations, Echoes of Napa, Exhibit, People
NCHS Info

1915 County Map Donation Drive

Posted on September 19, 2019May 13, 2020 by admin
19
Sep

Part of the damage the NCHS received during the 2014 earthquake impacted one of our crowd favorite documents. The 1915 County Map was oftentimes a point of reference our staff […]

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Agriculture, People, Wine and Viticulture

Carl August Milde

Posted on June 28, 2017May 13, 2020 by admin
28
Jun

by Marie Bowen Editor’s Note:  In the NCHS collection, photograph 1998.29.2 is one of our more popular.  Three smiling men, holding bunches of grapes, and standing before an automobile circa […]

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Posted in Agriculture, People, Wine and Viticulture
NCHS Info

Greetings from Tulocay

Posted on June 19, 2017 by admin
19
Jun

While the Goodman Library undergoes repairs from the 2014 earthquake, the Napa County Historical Society is operating out of the old office building at Tulocay Cemetery.  Our office is open […]

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Napa County, Tidings

“Zem Zem and the Lake County Mail” by Marie Bowen

Posted on June 19, 2017 by admin
19
Jun

This article was one of the three featured in our April 2017 Tidings. To get your copy of Tidings, become a member today!

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Posted in Napa County, Tidings
Napa, People

A Boy’s Life

Posted on July 15, 2016May 30, 2023 by admin
15
Jul

by Nancy B. Wilson, guest contributor This story concerns some anecdotes about the life of my grandfather, J. Edgar Beard, and his good friend Gaillard Stoney. My grandfather died before […]

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In The News, NCHS Info, People

Congratulations Scott Sedgley!

Posted on July 15, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
15
Jul

Recently, NCHS had the privilege of watching Scott Sedgley receive an award from the Conference of California Historical Societies. The CCHS held its annual symposium in Southern California on June […]

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Posted in In The News, NCHS Info, People
Community Groups & Organizations, Napa, People

Napa’s First Glider Club

Posted on July 5, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
05
Jul

by Marie Bowen In December 1930, 38 years before the Calistoga Soaring Center opened on the abandoned Calistoga Air Field, a group of Napans formed the Napa Glider Club.  Organized […]

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