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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCAP_veterans-home-of-california_Yountville-CA.html
Established in 1884 by Mexican War Veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic who recognized the need for a home for California's aged and disabled veterans. In January 1897 the Veterans Home Association deeded the home and its 910 acr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCAJ_site-of-younts-blockhouse_Yountville-CA.html
In this vicinity stood the log blockhouse constructed in 1836 by George Calvert Yount, pioneer settler in Napa County. Nearby was his adobe house in 1837. And across the bridge his grist and saw mills, erected before 1845. Born in North Carolina i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8B_grave-of-george-c-yount_Yountville-CA.html
George Calvert Yount (1794-1865) was the first United States citizen to be ceded a Spanish land grant in Napa Valley (1836). Skilled hunter, frontiersman, craftsman and farmer, he was the true embodiment of all the finest qualities of an advancing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMATE_good-indian-go-big-hill_Yountville-CA.html
Interred in this spot are the ashes of the Wappo village Kaymus (Caymus) Indian Tribe, who in the American Period were known as the George C. Yount Indians. This tribe cremated their dead and all their articles, usually on a pyre or in a sweat hou…