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Napa, People

Ellen and John Hogan

Posted on March 16, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
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Mar

Born in Tipperary County, Ireland on May 29, 1837, John S. Hogan immigrated to New Orleans in 1849 where some of his other relations already resided. New Orleans had a […]

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People, Rutherford

Taking the Waters in Rutherford

Posted on March 8, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
08
Mar

by Marie Bowen, NCHS volunteer The March 1, 1878, edition of the Napa Register reports Elizabeth Watson’s acquisition of 500+ acres near Rutherford from “Smithsonian Springs Hygienic Medical Association” and […]

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People, South Napa County

How Milton Road Got Its Name

Posted on February 12, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
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Feb

by Marie Bowen, NCHS volunteer Found in the “In Days Gone by” column of the Napa Register, June 14, 1974, is the following: “25 years ago, the county supervisors approved […]

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Posted in People, South Napa County
African American History, People

Delilah L. Beasley

Posted on February 1, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
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Feb

Delilah Leontium Beasley was born in 1871 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father, Daniel Beasley, was an engineer and her mother, Margaret Harris, raised her five children at home. When her […]

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NCHS Info

NCHS and Tulocay Cemetery Announce New Collaboration

Posted on January 29, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
29
Jan

Game-changing agreement forged to use the old office at Tulocay Cemetery to house a small history display, library, and additional NCHS office space and staff. The Tulocay Cemetery Association and […]

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People

Henry Hanson Thompson

Posted on January 19, 2016May 13, 2020 by admin
19
Jan

by Patricia Renait, NCHS volunteer Henry Hanson Thompson was born on January 16, 1866, in San Francisco. His father died that same year leaving his mother with four young sons. […]

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Fun

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Posted on December 31, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
31
Dec

Last summer NCHS received a huge donation of thousands of negatives from the Napa Valley Register spanning the 1960s-2000s. We are still in the arduous process of sorting through the […]

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Fun

Snow Days

Posted on December 22, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin

It may be chilly this winter, but the jury is still out as to whether or not the temperature will dip low enough to get snow down on the valley […]

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Community Groups & Organizations

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Celebrates Christmas in Napa

Posted on December 11, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
11
Dec

by Virginia Means Part of the world-wide Anglican Communion, Episcopalians have celebrated the season in Napa City since 1858 using the Book of Common Prayer. Over time, new has been […]

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People

The Late Nathan Coombs

Posted on December 11, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
11
Dec

For more than a year past the friends of Hon. Nathan Coombs have been under constant apprehension concerning his physical condition. For several years it has been known that consumption […]

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