The Working Pioneer

On display January 15 – March 15, 2021

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The above sound exhibit is 13 minutes in length. The stories highlighted represent only a small portion of our audio collection, see below for access to 100 NCHS audio files online.

Listen to the NCHS audio collection at California Revealed

Back in 2015 we started the process of digitizing our audio collection with California Revealed. We selected 100 out of the 250 audio cassettes in our archives, and they are live online for you to listen to the entire program. This 2020-2021 sound exhibit highlights 1-2 minute sound bites, see below for the two main audio files used in the creation of The Working Pioneer.

George Chapman Gosling in conversation with Stuart Duhig on February 19, 1983. Listen to the full presentation.

Leila Crouch presented the History of Our Upper Napa Valley on October 7, 1974 at the monthly meeting of the Napa County Historical Society. Listen to the full oral history.

NCHS Publications

The Moore Family of Moore’s Creek

by Marie Bowen Moore Creek runs southerly year-round from its source high on the eastern [...]

Owen Kenny

As part of our First Annual Napa Valley Lodging Industry Hall of Fame Ceremony, we [...]

The Crowey Family

By Lauren Chevlan The story of the Crowey family is one of achievement and lost [...]

Some of Napa’s Early Black Pioneers

Edward and Susan Hatton arrived in Napa County in the mid-1850s, where Edward established a [...]

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NCHS Archive Records

Contact our research staff to access the following documents related to the Napa River history — by e-mail at info@napahistory.org, or by phone at 707-224-1739.

A 1967 report on Early Steam Navigation on the Napa River. See the bibliographic details on our online catalog, MS0572, NCHS Manuscript Collection.

This project is supported by California Revealed and administered in California by the State Librarian. The program is made possible by funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.

The NCHS also thanks Community Projects inc. in Napa as a contributor for the speaker display, here’s a word from the manufacturers on social distancing: https://www.holosonics.com/touchless-audio. Stay tuned for an update on in-person appointments to listen, based upon the county’s guidelines for social distancing.

Echoes of Napa Valley premiered in 2020 with four themes. The fourth theme begins March 15, 2021, Architectural Highlights.