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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California: comprising their geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber, Also, Extended Sket

History of Napa and Lake Counties, California: comprising their geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber, Also, Extended Sket

L. Palmer, Lyman

Paperback

General SociologyGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9353704138
ISBN13: 9789353704131
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 1048
Weight: 3.32
Height: 2.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before Napa was a postcard, it was a frontier. Lyman L. Palmer maps the making of Napa County California and Lake County California with the authority of a local historian and the sweep of a regional chronicle. Names, places, deeds, all here. This monumental county history book moves from land and climate to livelihoods and law: geography, geology, springs and timber; then the milling mining industries history that powered early towns, alongside pisciculture and the rise of napa valley wine history. At its heart is a biographical history compendium of Spanish and American pioneers, with township-by-township sketches of communities, churches, societies, and the hard texture of American west pioneer life. Readers tracing family lines will value the mexican land grants record, organisation notes, and tabulated officeholders as a practical genealogy reference guide and local history reference. It also follows early history and settlement, county organisation and segregation, and the political story of public office from first records onward. First published in the era it describes, this is a primary window onto 19th century california as remembered, organised, and documented by those closest to its transformation. For california local historians, it remains a cornerstone volume; for general readers, it is an immersive tour of landscapes and lives that still shape the North Bay. A volume to read, consult, and return to often. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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