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by Kilian Fitzgerald The Boys Scouts of America, Napa Country was founded by Elmer Bickford and John L. Shearer in 1911. Bickford was from a Napa banking family and well-regarded […]
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This year, Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, begins at sunset on Sunday, December 6 and ends on Monday, December 14. The holiday is an eight-day celebration that […]
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On Thursday November 12, 2015, Napa County Historical Society honored extraordinary leaders, past and present, who made significant contributions to our legendary hospitality in our 1st Annual Napa Valley Lodging […]
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For Movember, NCHS poured through our collections of historic photography to pull together a veritable cornucopia of awesome ‘staches. Check out the gallery below to see how men in Napa’s […]
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This is an excerpt of “In a Corner of Pope Valley, 1870-1900” by Marie Bowen, an article first published in the Vol. 22, No. 3 edition of Tidings, our […]
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This is an excerpt of “In a Corner of Pope Valley, 1870-1900” by Marie Bowen, an article first published in the Vol. 22, No. 3 edition of Tidings, our quarterly […]
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This is an excerpt of “Remembering Napa Life after WWII” by Jeff Johnson, an article first published in the Vol. 22, No. 3 edition of Tidings, our quarterly newsletter. To […]
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Veterans Day first began as Armistice Day, declared by President Woodrow Wilson on November 11, 1919, to commemorate the end of World War I the year prior. Wilson said of […]
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As part of our First Annual Napa Valley Lodging Industry Hall of Fame Ceremony, we have compiled a series of biographies of the historic inductees. Local historian Tom Spaulding has […]
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As part of our First Annual Napa Valley Lodging Industry Hall of Fame Ceremony, we have compiled a series of biographies of the historic inductees. Local historian Tom Spaulding has […]