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| Landmark #564 | Napa County | Visited: July 12, 2014 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque marking the site of George C. Yount’s log house, as opposed to his adobe house! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: In this vicinity stood the log block-house constructed in 1836 by George Calvert Yount, pioneer settler in Napa County. Nearby was his adobe house, built in 1837, and across the bridge were his grist and saw mills, erected before 1845. Born in North Carolina in 1794, Yount was a trapper, rancher, and miller, he became grantee of the Rancho Caymus and La Jota. He died at Yountville in 1865.
OTHER TIDBITS: How the heck does a white guy from the east coast get a Mexican land grant in California? Well, he happened to be very helpful and gave General Mariano Vallejo some tips for building his adobe! The grateful general then helped George get his land grant from the government! The block house he built here was the first all-wood building in George Yount was considered a friend to all: Californios, Native Americans, and the new influx of settlers from the East! A complex fellow, he converted to Catholicism and took the middle name “ConcepciĂłn,” then was inducted into the Masonic order, rising to the position of Grand Bible Bearer to the Grand Lodge of California! He then willed for a church for all denominations to be built and shared in Yountville! Had he not been a regular trapper of beavers, I’m sure we would have been good friends! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: NE corner of Cook Rd and Yount Mill Rd 1 mi N of Yountville, CA 94599 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~413mi (665km) — 6.9hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |