Visitrs Lodging Wineries Wine Tours Activities Restaurants Real Estate Specials Spas & Lodging Activities Art Galleries Attractions Entertainment Gift Shops Recreation Restaurants Spas & Mud Baths Community Demographics History Resouces B.B.I.N.V. Napa Valley | Yountville | History California Landmark 693 - George Calvert Yount (1794-1865) was the first United States citizen to be ceded a Spanish land grant in Napa Valley (1836). Skilled hunter, frontiersman, craftsman, and farmer, he was the true embodiment of all the finest qualities of an advancing civilization blending with the existing primitive culture. Friend to all, this kindly host of Caymus Rancho encouraged sturdy American pioneers to establish ranches in this area, so it was well populated before the gold rush.

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