Historical and Descriptive Sketch Book (1873)

CHAPTER I. THE INDIAN TRIBES. PAGE

Their general appearance. — Numbers and tribes. — Food and habits. — Cause of their decrease in numbers. — Sweat House. — Funeral rites and ideas of a future state. - - 17

CHAPTER II. NAPA COUNTY GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Location and boundary. -- Formation of the land. — The Central Valley. — West side of the Valley. — East side of the Valley. — The minor Valleys. - - - 32

CHAPTER III. CLIMATE OF NAPA COUNTY.

Sea Breeze. — Snow. — Spring Rains. — Harvesting. - 41

CHAPTER IV. PROGRESS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.

Condition under Mexican rule. — Early business in Napa City. — The inhabitants. — The first Court House. — Improvements in City and Valley. — The Napa Valley Railroad. — The SehooK - 45

CHAPTER V. HISTORICAL MISCELLANY.

Early Records. — Early prices. — Case of N. McCauley. — Value of lands in 1852. — Various items of Record. — County indebtedness in 1857.- — Election returns and tax-levies from 1857 to 1872. - 71

CHAPTER VI. HISTORY OF NEWSPAPERS.

The Napa Reporter.— The Pioneer Press. — The Napa Register. — The Napa City Herald, and other papers. — Daily papers. -- 82

CHAPTER VII. MINES AND MINERALS.

The great mineral excitement. — Phoenix Mining Company.— Redington Mining Company. — Pope Valley Mining Company. — Washington Mining Company. — Hamilton Mining Company. — Valley Mining Company. — The Summit Mine. — Oakville Mining Company. — New Burlington Mining Company. — Red Hill Mining Company. — Silver Bow Mining Company.— -Overland Mining Company. — Mutual Mining Company. — Mammoth Mining Company. — Petroleum Company. — Coal Companies. 88

CHAPTER VIII. MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS .

Napa Valley Railroad. — The Bank of Napa.— Napa Gas Company. — Napa Valley Savings and Loan Society. — Pioneer Engine Company. — Masonic Cemetery Association. — Town Hall Association. — Odd Fellows' Hall Association. — Napa Library Association . — Calistoga Hotel Company. — White Sulphur Springs Hotel Company. — Water Companies. -- - - - - - - 105

CHAPTER IX. CHURCHES AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS.

Presbyterian Church. Napa. —Baptist Church. Napa.— Christ Church, (Episcopal), Napa. — Presbyterian Church, St. Helena. — Methodist Church, Napa. — Catholic Church, Napa. — Christian Church, Napa. — Unitarian Society, Napa. — Presbyterian Church, Calistoga. — Methodist Church, Calistoga. — Methodist Church, St. Helena. — Baplist Church. St. Helena. — Napa Cemetery Association.— Napa Chapter R. A. M.— Yount Lodge, F. & A. M — Napa Lodge. Odd Fellows. — St. Helena Lodge, Odd Fellows. — Finer}- Lodge, Good Templars. — Yountvillc Lodge. Good Templars. — Monroe Lodge, Good Templar-.. St. Helena Lodge. F. & A. M. — Other Lodges. - 112

CHAPTER X. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

Napa Collegiate Institute. — Napa Ladies' Seminary. - 121

CHAPTER XI. HISTORICAL AND HIOGRAPHICAL.

George C. Yount. Capt. John Grigsby. Nathan Coombs. Guy Freeman Fling. Simpson Thompson. Governor Edward Stanley. Johnson Horrcll. Capt. Robert West. William II. Nash. William Gouverneur Morris. John Lawley. Col. James Clyman. Elisha G. Young. Ralph Ellis. Peter D. Bailey. Charles Hopper. Governor L. W. Boggs. Joseph Mecklenberg. John Stecktcr. H. N. Amesburv. Lyman Chapman. J. II. Howland. J. B. Horrcll. Samuel Heald. Wm. H. Winter. Thomas Earl. A. 15. Walker. Wm. Baldridge. E. Biggs. G. N. Cornwall. Robert Crouch. John M. Patchett. W. W. Stillwagon. A. Y. Easterby. David Hudson. John York. William Russell. A.G.Clark. James H. Goodman. Peter Storm. William Pope. Elias Barnett. R. 1). Hopkins. R. T. Montgomery. A. J. Cox. Col. J. 15. Chiles. Wm. H. Baxter. E. N. Boynton. Beeby Robinson. C. P. Briggs. R. C. Gillaspy. Sim. Buford. Chancellor Hartson. Samuel Brannan. B. W. Arnold. Cayetano Juarez. John S. Stark. M. D. Ritchie. C. H. Allen. .... 125

CHAPTER XII. TOWNS AND WATERING PLACES.

Yountville. — St. Helena. — Monticello and Berryessa Valley. — Calistoga. — White Sulphur Springs. — Napa Soda Springs.— Petrified Forest. — Mount St. Helena. - 185

CHAPTER XIII. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES.

Hop Culture. — The Tea Plant. — Fruits and Nuts. — Stock Raising. — Other Productions. — Sericulture. — Viniculture and Vine growers. - - - - - - 196

CHAPTER XIV. THE FUTURE OF NAPA.

The Labor Problem. - - 215