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Napa Valley | Napa | History
 History
of Napa Valley Winegrowing - To the Wappo Indians
who first inhabited the valley, "Napa" meant a land
of plenty. Spawning salmon filled the waterways, clouds of
migrating waterfowl darkened the skies and the valley floor
served as home to wildcats, elk, black bear and grizzlies.
Wild grapes also grew in abundance, but it took early settlers
such as George Calvert Yount to recognize the valley's potential
for cultivating winegrapes. Establishing the first local homestead
in what is now Yountville in 1836, Yount was the first to
plant vineyards in the valley. Other early pioneers included
John Patchett, who planted the first commercial vineyard;
Dr. George Crane, who promoted the planting of grapevines
through a series of newspaper articles; and Hamilton Walker
Crabb, who experimented with more than 400 grape varieties.
 The
Napa County Historical Society was established
to study the history of California and especially of Napa
Valley. Its projects include the collection, preservation,
organization, and sharing of information and artifacts of
historical value, in an effort to bring the rich heritage
of this fascinating region to the awareness of the public.
The beautiful Napa Valley has an unusually high number of
historical sites, structures and buildings. The Napa County
Historical Society has preserved documents and photographs
to create a living textbook of local history. Conceived on
May 8, 1948, at a pioneer picnic at the Old Bale Mill, the
Napa County Historical Society was incorporated on May 14th
of the same year. The picturesque mill, built in 1846 by the
English settler of the Rancho Carne Humana, Dr. E. Bale, was
an appropriate setting for the inauguration of the Society.
Napa
History.com
- This site has been created to celebrate the fantastic history
of the Napa Valley. From the early days, when the Wappo Indians
lived in the Napa Valley to the present, the history of the
Napa Valley has represented a way of life in many small California
towns. It's earliest settlers, the Wappo Indians lived with
both hardship, and beauty. They hunted, fished, and were inspired
by the beauty of this valley. When the first white settlers
came to the valley, they saw both opportunity and freedom.
The wild west was still very much alive in those days. Life
was never easy in any sense of the word. To own land, one
had to become a Mexican citizen, and the lands were ruled
by an outdated system of governors by the Mexican government.
There was rebellion, fighting, bloodshed, and death along
the way. When the "Bear Flag Rebellion" finally occurred in
Sonoma, the men fighting for freedom were a rag tag bunch,
but they won, and today, that Bear Flag is now the California
State Flag.
Wikipedia
- Napa County - Napa County, once the producer
of many different crops is known today for its wine industry,
rising in the 1960s to the first rank of wine regions with
France and Italy. The combination of natural beauty, pleasant
Mediterranean climate, and proximity to San Francisco, Oakland,
and Sacramento has made it into one of the United States'
most desirable areas in which to live. However, its citizens
are famous for their resistance to suburban development, with
the result that 33 of California's 58 counties--including
many that are far from major urban areas--are more populous.
Napa
County Genealogy
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