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Lodging Industry, People, Pope Valley, Programs & Events

Len D. Owens

Posted on November 4, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
04
Nov

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. This short history of Len […]

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Calistoga, Lodging Industry, People, Programs & Events

Sam Brannan

Posted on November 3, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
03
Nov

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. This short history of Sam […]

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Posted in Calistoga, Lodging Industry, People, Programs & Events
Lodging Industry, People, Programs & Events

Swen Alstrom

Posted on October 30, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
30
Oct

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. This short history of Swen […]

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Posted in Lodging Industry, People, Programs & Events
Native American History

Napa’s First People

Posted on October 12, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
12
Oct

The first settlers came to Napa County about 10,000-12,000 years ago. The Southern Patwin, so-called for their word pat-win, meaning “people,” were a southern branch of the Wintun (or Wintu) […]

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Pope Valley, Tidings

Pope Valley Schools: A Primer

Posted on September 18, 2015October 12, 2015 by admin
18
Sep

This is an excerpt of an article written by the late Alice Carey, an award-winning architect and preservationist who lived in Pope Valley for many years. It was first published […]

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People, Wine and Viticulture

Hamden McIntyre

Posted on September 10, 2015October 7, 2015 by admin
10
Sep

Hamden W. McIntyre, the now legendary Napa Valley winery designer, was born in Randolph, Vermont in 1834. As a young man he apprenticed as a piano and organ maker, and […]

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Posted in People, Wine and Viticulture
California History

Admission Day

Posted on September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 by admin
09
Sep

On September 9, we celebrate Admission Day in honor of California becoming a state in 1850. But admission to the United States was a tricky process that had its roots […]

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Calistoga, People

Judge Palmer

Posted on September 1, 2015July 17, 2015 by admin
01
Sep

Augustus Caesar Palmer was born in Virginia about 1838. He married Indiana native Serilda, born in 1848, about 1868. They came to California and had a child, Frank. On March […]

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Calistoga, People

Charles and Sarah Grace Crouch

Posted on August 20, 2015May 13, 2020 by admin
20
Aug

Charles Wiley Crouch was the younger of two boys born to New York natives Francis Asahel Crouch and Rachel Wiley Dutcher in Canandaigua, Michigan, on July 21, 1867. The Crouch […]

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Posted in Calistoga, People
Napa

Atlas Peak Fire

Posted on August 6, 2015August 6, 2015 by admin

While the Rocky Fire continues to rage just north of Napa – take a gander at the Los Angeles Times’ excellent coverage for updates – let’s take a look back […]

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