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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADL_old-faithful-steam-well_Calistoga-CA.html
This small but mighty steam well was built back in the 1930s. It served a variety of purposes, but was especially useful when it came to cooking. Cooking with steam is a practice that goes back thousands of years. This particular steam well was us…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XOW_to-commemorate-petrified-charlie-historical_Calistoga-CA.html
To Commemorate
... The discovery of the petrified forest by "Petrified Charlie" in the year 1870.
... The meeting with Robert Louis Stevenson immortalized in the book, "Silverado Squatters."
... All this others whose lives were devoted to de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XOV_petrified-forest-historical_Calistoga-CA.html
The Petrified Forest, dating from the Eocene Period, is the only known example of a petrified forest in California. Its size, scope and variety of petrification is unique in the world. Opalized wood, obsidian, quartz crystal, petrified coral and f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X1B_petrified-forest-historical_Calistoga-CA.html
The petrified forest, dating from the Eocene Period, is the only known example of a petrified forest in California. Its size, scope and variety of petrification is unique in the world. Opalized wood, obsidian, quartz crystal, petrified coral and f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111O_oat-hill-mine-road_Calistoga-CA.html
Just a stones throw to the north, running through the Palisades, is Oat Hill Mine Road. A narrow and picturesque trail today, it was once used to carry over 160,000 flasks of quicksilver valued at more than $5,000,000 from the Oat Hill Mine to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WD_pioneer-cemetery_Calistoga-CA.html
Dating back to the 1860's, this cemetery served as a final resting place for many of the famous of Napa Valley pioneers. It wasn't until 1885 that this cemetery site was surveyed and was permanently established as a cemetery known today as Pioneer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WA_calistoga-depot_Calistoga-CA.html
Built by Sam Brannan for the Napa Valley Railroad in 1868 one year before the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Second oldest remaining railroad station in California. Northern terminus of the Napa Valley Railroad and its successors the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7M_schramsberg_Calistoga-CA.html
Founded in 1862 by Jacob Schram. This was the first hillside winery of the Napa Valley. Robert Louis Stevenson, visiting here in 1880, devoted a chapter of his "Silverado Squatters" to Schramsberg and its wines. Ambrose Bierce and Lilly Hitchcock …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRCQ_the-white-church_Calistoga-CA.html
Site ofThe White ChurchFirst church built in Napa Countyby pioneers in 1853Marked by Federated Womens ClubsJune 11, 1939
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRA2_reason-p-tucker_Calistoga-CA.html
Born in Virginia in 1806, Reason moved west in successive leaps and arrived in California in 1846 escaping by one day the Sierra snow that trapped the Donner Party. "Captain" Tucker led the first and participated in, later rescue efforts. Reason m…