Publications

The Society's publications include Tidings of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (a monthly newsletter sent to members), Sketches from the Archives of the Napa County Historical Society, each written on a specific topic of local historical importance, Local History and Gleanings, materials based on scholarly research or first-hand information.

New Book on Napa's Early Wine History Available Now!
Napa Valley Wine History 101: From Wilderness to Wine Country by Dr. Tim Gaughan, is a concise yet thorough look at the Spanish, Mexican, and early and contemporary American periods of wine history. It reveals the connection between the evolution of the wine industry in the Napa Valley and the overall history of the state of California. The book also identifies the attributes that make the Napa Valley wine country what it is today, through the prism of history.
$16.25 including tax


Prices for publications range from: $3.00 to $50.00.

Gleanings & Local History- $3 each or 2 for $5 (excluding shipping)
Follow the Money: The Drug Tug and the Lendvest Scandal
The Goodman Library (2007)
My Father's Story (2007)
Carneros Road Names
Charles Krug
Dr. Edward Turner Bale and his Grist Mill
George Yount - His Fur Trapping Years
Napa Water Supply
History of Wooden Valley
Josephine Marlin Tychson-First Woman Winemaker in California
The Lyman Family
Vessels of the Napa River
The Lawley Toll Rate Road
Mosquito Control in the Napa Valley
Exploration for Oil in Berryessa Valley
Mr. Calistoga
John Lawley-Pioneer Entrepreneur
The Days of Long Ago
The Quiet Pioneer- Reason P. Tucker
Yountville in the Past
20,000 Years of Transportation in Napa County
Ralph Kilburn, The Forgotten Napa Valley Pioneer
If NOT TO HISTORY...Recovering the Stories of Women in Napa
Three Men-Three Dreams-Three Wine Cellars
A Short History of Grandfather York
The Pope Family
Railroads in Napa County
George Yount on Caymus Rancho
Some Napa County Highlights

Notes $3 each or 2 for $5 (excluding shipping)
Early Steam Navigation on the Napa River
Mosquito Control in Napa Valley
Note From the President
The Callustro Company

Sketches- $3 each or 2 for $5 (excluding shipping)
Biography of Charles Hopper
Centennial Anniversary of Rutherford
Pioneer One Room Schools
Early Upper Napa Valley
Footsteps in the Sands of Vintage 1870 - or The 11 Pioneers Who Owned The Real Estate
Napa County Place Names
There is a Yountville Campground - So What?

Books
Stevenson at Silverado ($15)
A Midshipman's Narrative ($13)
Early Upper Napa Valley ($10)
Sonoma Mission ($15)
The Remarkable Pastor ($10)