by
Lin Weber, The Napa Valley Museum
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2004
The name �Napa� may come from �Napato,� a clan of the Wintun Indians who once lived along a river that flows into San Francisco Bay. In the 1850s, miners sought refuge in the young city that grew up by the Napa River, living in tents along its main street. Later they and other newcomers found...