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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCAG_beringer-brothers-winery_St-Helena-CA.html
Built by Frederick and Jacob Beringer, natives of Mainz, Germany. This winery has the unique distinction of never having ceased operations since its founding in 1876. Here, in the European tradition, were dug underground wine tunnels hundreds of f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9T_hudson-house_St-Helena-CA.html
The Hudson House, constructed in 1852, was residence of David Hudson, a California pioneer involved in the Bear Flag Revolt. That revolt is credited with the design of the California State Flag and established California as a republic.
In 1883,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9S_cesare-mondavi-1883-1959_St-Helena-CA.html
Cesare Mondavi, an Italian immigrant, settled first in Minnesota in 1908. After a brief career in the iron mines, he opened a saloon. In 1922 he moved his family to California's Central Valley, where he became an independent fruit shipper, sending…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9L_charles-krug-winery_St-Helena-CA.html
Founded in 1861 by Charles Krug (1825 - 1892). This is the oldest operating winery in Napa Valley. The pioneer wine maker of this world famous wine region, Krug made the first commercial wine in Napa County in 1858, at Napa.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC99_bale-grist-mill_St-Helena-CA.html
This historic grist mill known as the "Bale Mill" was erected by Dr. E.T. Bale, Grantee Carne Humana Rancho, in 1846. The mill with its surrounding land was deeded to the Native Sons of the Golden West by Mrs. W.W. Lyman. Restored through the effo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8E_dr-edward-turner-bale_St-Helena-CA.html
Edward Bale sailed from England to California in the 1830s and settled in Monterey where he was named surgeon-in chief of the Mexican Army by General Mariano Vallejo. In 1839 he married Vallejo's niece, Maria Soberanes, and in 1841 was granted a l…
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/HMC7J_larkmead-winery-kornell-cellars_Calistoga-CA.html
Felix Salmina arrived from Switzerland in the 1860's and in 1892 purchased this winery that had been established in 1884 by Lillian Hitchcock Coit. Felix converted the winery into a larger facility using stone quarried from nearby hills and expand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC7G_mount-view-hotel_Calistoga-CA.html
This PropertyMOUNT VIEW HOTELHas been placed on theNATIONAL REGISTEROF HISTORICAL PLACESBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC75_calistoga-sam-brannan-center_Calistoga-CA.html
The Calistoga Sam Brannan center, including the Sharpsteen Museum and the Sam Brannan Cottage, is dedicated to Calistoga's early pioneers.
The complex, named for Sam Brannan, Calistoga's original entrepreneur, will preserve and perpetuate the r…