The March of Empire Through Three Decades

Book

Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1982.10.1

Description

First-person description of the author's travels from the East Coast through the Isthmus of Panama to California in search of a home, which she found in the Berryessa Valley in 1870 (she lived on the eastern slope of the Howell Mountains range). No index--the Napa County section is found pp. 179-184.

Collection

Books

Acquisition

Accession

1982.10

Source or Donor

Palmer, Gladys M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Emigration & immigration, Geysers, Grapes, Petrified forests, Vines, Vineyards

Search Terms

Mallie Stafford, Berryessa Valley, Crystal Springs, Emigration & immigration, Geysers, Grapes, Howell Mountain, Indians of Napa County, Isthmus of Panama, Monticello, Napa County 1870s, Napa County wine production 1880, Napa State Asylum for the Insane, Napa Valley Railroad Depot, Petrified Forest, Pope Valley, Putah Creek, Rancho de Las Putas, St. Helena, Veterans Home of California, The, Vines, Vineyards, White Sulphur Springs, Winters, Women pioneers

Book Details

Author

Mrs. Mallie Stafford

Place Published

Location

San Francisco, CA

Date Published

1854 - 1884

Call No.

979.4 Stafford

Notes

Date: 1884 Spine Label: 979.4 Stafford

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Stafford, Mallie

Create Date

May 26, 2012

Update Date

July 9, 2026