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Submitted by Elaine Everett Nathan Coombs founded the town of Napa California in the year 1847. And with the invention of the camera in 1841 and photo-journalism getting its start […]
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Submitted by Ann Miller Some ninety years ago, the men of the Napa Chamber of Commerce published a twenty-four page booklet of promotional photos, Beautiful Napa: A Pictorial Journey. Despite […]
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Announcing the 2021 Photography Competition
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Announcing an inaugural photography competition held by the Napa County Historical Society, set to be on public display in Spring 2021 in downtown Napa at the Goodman Library exhibit hall. […]
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by Tim Gaughan, 2018 There are many pioneers who settled in Napa County–like George Yount and James Clyman who led exciting lives before coming to Napa. But none of them […]
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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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“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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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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by Marie Bowen Moore Creek runs southerly year-round from its source high on the eastern side of Howell Mountain, and joins with Conn Creek before emptying into Lake Hennessey at […]
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by Marie Bowen “The Valleys of Napa County,” a May 23, 1998, Napa Valley Register supplement, celebrates the 23 valleys within our county. Eight of the 23, as many of […]
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by Marie Bowen Created in 1850, the year of California statehood, Napa County is one of the state’s original 27 counties. By the 1860 census, the county had four townships, […]