Difference between revisions of "Portal:Featured Image Of The Week"
From Asylum Projects
M-Explorer (talk | contribs) |
M-Explorer (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{FIformat | {{FIformat | ||
− | |Image= | + | |Image= NAPA CA SH 1930.jpg |
|Width= 350px | |Width= 350px | ||
− | |Body= [[ | + | |Body= Initially, [[Napa State Hospital|192 acres of land were purchased]] for $11,506 from Don Cayetano Juarez. These acres were part of the Mexican Land Grant, Rancho Tulocay, received from General Mariano Vallejo. Additional land was acquired over the years bringing the total to over 2,000 acres. The land extended from a wharf on the Napa River to the eastern edge of Skyline Park, allowing for the development of dairy and poultry ranches, vegetable gardens, orchards and other farming operations necessary to make the hospital as self-sufficient as possible. Farming operations ceased in the late 1960's. Napa Valley College, Kennedy Park and Skyline Wilderness Park now occupy most of this land. |
}} | }} |
Revision as of 02:48, 27 April 2015
Featured Image Of The Week
Initially, 192 acres of land were purchased for $11,506 from Don Cayetano Juarez. These acres were part of the Mexican Land Grant, Rancho Tulocay, received from General Mariano Vallejo. Additional land was acquired over the years bringing the total to over 2,000 acres. The land extended from a wharf on the Napa River to the eastern edge of Skyline Park, allowing for the development of dairy and poultry ranches, vegetable gardens, orchards and other farming operations necessary to make the hospital as self-sufficient as possible. Farming operations ceased in the late 1960's. Napa Valley College, Kennedy Park and Skyline Wilderness Park now occupy most of this land.