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Napa

By Lin , Napa Valley Museum.;Weber

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN
9781439630860, 1439630860
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
49 MB (50955293 bytes)
Series
Images of America; Images of America: a history of American life in images and texts
Pages
(128 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portrai
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The name "Napa" may come from "Napato," a clan of the Wintun Indians who once lived along a river that flows into San Francisco Bay. In the 1850s, miners sought refuge in the young city that grew up by the Napa River, living in tents along its main street. Later they and other newcomers found work at businesses and nearby ranches while Napa City flourished as goods and produce from all over the valley were loaded onto steamers bound for San Francisco. Shortening its name in 1900, Napa continued to provide housing and shops, utilities and transportation for a growing agricultural center, and it shared the valley's economic hard times through Prohibition and the Great Depression.

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