Napa Historic Site
HISTORIC SITE
HERE, ON JULY 6, 1846, 160 MOUNTED RIFLEMEN VOLUNTEERS UNDER THE BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC BANNER CROSSED THE NAPA ESTUARY, LED BY CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY, JOHN C. FREMONT AND US. MARΔ°NE LT. ARCHIBALD H. GILLESPIE. TO GAIN CALIFORNIA'S INDEPENDENCE, THEY RODE TO MONTEREY, WHERE COMMODORE ROBERT F STOCKTON ENLISTED THEM AS A U.S. NAVAL BATTALION. ON JANUARY 13, 1847, AT CAHUENGA PASS NEAR LOS ANGELES, THE CALIFORNIO INSURGENTS CAPITULATED TO FREMONT'S BATTALION, THUS SPARKING EVENTS LEADING TO CALIFORNIA'S BECOMING THE 31st STATE OF THE UNION,
IN COMMEMORATION OF NAPA VETERANS OF ALL WARS NAPA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-2009
HERE, ON JULY 6, 1846, 160 MOUNTED RIFLEMEN VOLUNTEERS UNDER THE BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC BANNER CROSSED THE NAPA ESTUARY, LED BY CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY, JOHN C. FREMONT AND US. MARΔ°NE LT. ARCHIBALD H. GILLESPIE. TO GAIN CALIFORNIA'S INDEPENDENCE, THEY RODE TO MONTEREY, WHERE COMMODORE ROBERT F STOCKTON ENLISTED THEM AS A U.S. NAVAL BATTALION. ON JANUARY 13, 1847, AT CAHUENGA PASS NEAR LOS ANGELES, THE CALIFORNIO INSURGENTS CAPITULATED TO FREMONT'S BATTALION, THUS SPARKING EVENTS LEADING TO CALIFORNIA'S BECOMING THE 31st STATE OF THE UNION,
IN COMMEMORATION OF NAPA VETERANS OF ALL WARS NAPA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-2009
Nearby Plaques
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