I’ve been writing the Loose Cannon column for almost two years now. Many of you have already read some of my past columns. My hunch is that my most read and enjoyed columns were and are those about Yountville’s nefarious past. For the coming weeks, I had planned to republish those columns. They were definitely […]
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The Loose Cannon – 1942: The Bracero Program
It’s harvest time in the valley. Ever wonder how agricultural crops got harvested during World War II with so many men from farm families serving in the military? My dad and three of his brothers were the oldest of the six boys in their farming family. Less than 35 years after my grandparents left Spain, […]
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The Loose Cannon: Killer bees, and a Charlie’s Angel, in Yountville
From a reliable source, I have been told that: There are plans to cut the building open in several phases and relocate the bees, but that will have to wait until the cooler months when the bees are more settled. That will be a future column, and I’ll tell you more when that project gets […]
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The Loose Cannon: The First Prohibition, John Lloyd
Editor’s note: A version of the following column was published in the Aug. 8, 2024 edition of the Yountville Sun. From the Napa Journal, Jan 12, 1906: “All Yountville Saloons Closed “District attorney Benjamin had an injunction served on Theodore Whitton and George Gibbs, the Yountville saloon keepers, Tuesday, and as a result their places […]