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Caymus may refer to: *Caymus, California, former settlement *Rancho Caymus Rancho Caymus was a Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California granted in 1836 by acting Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to George C. Yount. Caymus was the name of a subgroup of Mishewal-Wappo Indians. The rancho was in the Napa Vall ..., land grant * Caymus Vineyards, Napa winery. {{geodis ...
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Caymus, California
Caymus (also, Caymas) is a former settlement in Napa County, California. It lay at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m). Caymus was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, southeast of Rutherford. It was located on Rancho Caymus Rancho Caymus was a Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California granted in 1836 by acting Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to George C. Yount. Caymus was the name of a subgroup of Mishewal-Wappo Indians. The rancho was in the Napa Vall ..., a Mexican land grant, a very notable wine-producing area. References Former settlements in Napa County, California Former populated places in California {{NapaCountyCA-geo-stub ...
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Rancho Caymus
Rancho Caymus was a Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California granted in 1836 by acting Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to George C. Yount. Caymus was the name of a subgroup of Mishewal-Wappo Indians. The rancho was in the Napa Valley, and included present-day Yountville, Oakville and Rutherford, and the Napa Valley AVA wine region. History Through the influence of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, George C. Yount received the two league Rancho Caymus in 1836, and became the first permanent Euro-American settler in the Napa Valley. In 1843 he received the one league Rancho La Jota on Howell Mountain to the north of Rancho Caymus. With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Caymus was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the Rancho Caymus grant was patented to George C ...
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