California's upper Napa Valley is regarded by many as the premier wine-growing region in America. Producing vintages since the 1850s, the mountain-ringed valley studded with ancient oaks is the setting for several wineries that have been active for more than a century, overcoming a variety of challenges from insect invasions to Prohibition. But Napa's Up Valley also has a rich pioneer heritage that extends beyond its famous vineyards and cellars. Home to some of California's earliest settlers and the staging and recruiting area for the Bear Flag Revolt, the region was also home to California's first resort spas and a silver and cinnabar mining industry that brought wealth to some investors but disappointment to many others.
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Award-winning historian Lin Weber, the author of Old Napa Valley, Roots of the Present, and Under the Vine and the Fig Tree, has searched the archives of the Napa Valley Museum to create this photographic journey into the past. Additional images culled from the Sharpsteen Museum, the Napa Historical Society, the Napa Valley Vintner's Asscociation, the Napa Valley Wine Library, as well as the collections of several local residents, are gathered here.
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American Indians lived in the Napa Valley for at least 6,500 years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Charles Krug, Napa County, Jana Russon, Southern Pacific, White Sulphur Springs, Civil War, Courtesy of the Sharpsteen Museum, Helena Public Library, Bismarck Bruck, Courtesy of Susanne Salvestrin, San Francisco, Turner Hall, Wine Library Association, Beringer Winery, California Wine Association, Courtesy of John York, Gold Rush, Joe Chiles, Rancho Catacula, Spring Street New!
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American Indians lived in the Napa Valley for at least 6,500 years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Charles Krug, Napa County, Jana Russon, Southern Pacific, White Sulphur Springs, Civil War, Courtesy of the Sharpsteen Museum, Helena Public Library, Bismarck Bruck, Courtesy of Susanne Salvestrin, San Francisco, Turner Hall, Wine Library Association, Beringer Winery, California Wine Association, Courtesy of John York, Gold Rush, Joe Chiles, Rancho Catacula, Spring Street New!
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