Yountville

Yountville
Author :
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 132
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0738569658
ISBN-13 : 9780738569659
Rating : 4/5 (659 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Yountville by : Pat Alexander

Download or read book Yountville written by Pat Alexander and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the town of Yountville has received worldwide recognition as a tourist destination specializing in fine wine, luxurious hotel and spa accommodations, and award-winning restaurants. In fact, these achievements and accolades have earned it the name "Heart of the Napa Valley." Longtime residents, however, realize that Yountville's temperate weather, rich soils, and serene environs have been attracting visitors to the area not for decades but rather for thousands of years. The original indigenous residents called the surrounding area Caymus and constructed their homes out of willow and tule. Later the village of Caymus became known as Sebastopol, a name used by mountain man George C. Yount, the first American settler to receive a Mexican land grant. Yount's Kentucky-style blockhouse provided a welcome mat for many of California's early pioneers. He is also credited with planting some of the first grapevines in the Napa Valley. Upon his death in 1865, local residents wanted to honor the contribution of Yount and changed the name from Sebastopol to Yountville.


Yountville Related Books

Yountville
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Pat Alexander
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-01 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Over the past decade, the town of Yountville has received worldwide recognition as a tourist destination specializing in fine wine, luxurious hotel and spa acco
Directory of the Grape Growers
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners
Categories: Viticulture
Type: BOOK - Published: 1891 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Directory of the Grape Growers and Wine Makers of California
Language: en
Pages: 72
Authors: California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners
Categories: Viticulturalists
Type: BOOK - Published: 1888 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Napa Valley Book
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Mick Winter
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-07 - Publisher: Westsong Pub

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Everything you need to know about America's favorite wine and food destination. You'll discover the most popular tourist attractions as well as those that local
Transforming the Yountville Veterans Home Campus
Language: en
Pages: 44
Authors: Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
Categories: Soldiers' homes
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK