Name/Title
Olive Avenue Villa ParrotEntry/Object ID
2017.19.2Description
"Spring Mountain Vineyard Winery
History: Miravalle
Tiburcio Parrot
Tiburcio Parrot was born in Mazatlan, Mexico, in 1840. His mother, a native of Mazatlan, was the mistress of his father, John Parrot, who was the U.S. Consul in Mazatlan. Tiburcio was brought to the United States at the age of eleven to complete his education. He later studies at Stoneyhurst College in England. in 1862, after a short stint on Wall Street, New York, Tiburcio moved to San Francisco and started working for his father.
Tiburcio had an interest in the Rattlesnake Quicksilver Mining Company in Lake County. His mining interest brough Tiburcio frequently trhough the Napa Valley.
John Parrot died in 1884 and shortly thereafter his wife, Abby, bought an 800-acre property for Tiburcio just northwest of St. Helena. At the time the property was a barren waste of rock and bushes, though a century earlier it had supported a large encampment of Native Americans. the people who came to be called the Wappo by Spanish settlers.
Location PF:163Collection
PhotographsAcquisition
Accession
2017.19Source or Donor
unknownAcquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
St. Helena, Saint Helena, Olive AvenueRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2017.19.1, 2017.19.3Create Date
April 12, 2017Update Date
September 10, 2021
