Editing St. Helena, California (section)

==History==
[[File:Taylor, Duckworth and Company Foundry Building, 1345 Railroad Ave., St. Helena, CA 10-9-2011 6-23-49 PM.JPG|thumb|left|The Taylor, Duckworth, & Company Foundry, built 1884.]]
[[File:USA-St. Helena-Markham Winery-1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Markham Vineyards]], founded 1874.]]
St. Helena was first inhabited by a native American group known as the [[Wappo]] people. They spoke [[Yukian]] and are believed to have first settled in St. Helena as early as 2000 B.C.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/who-were-the-wappo/article_f3193792-c3ce-51e7-9618-ec6a5b9f88b4.html| title = Who were the Wappo? | work=Napa Valley Register|date=August 12, 2007 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929031237/https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/who-were-the-wappo/article_f3193792-c3ce-51e7-9618-ec6a5b9f88b4.html |archive-date=September 29, 2020 | url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Wappo language|Wappo]] name for the area is ''Anakotanoma'', meaning {{gloss|Bull Snake Village}}.<ref name="AutoY4-7"/>

The area was likely named after a nearby mountain known as [[Mount Saint Helena|Mount St. Helena]].
 
The locale became renowned when [[White Sulfur Springs (California)|White Sulphur Springs]] was discovered in 1848 and established as an operating resort in 1852. During the later 19th century, affluent [[San Francisco|San Franciscans]] traveled here by [[Steamship|steamer]] across the [[San Francisco Bay|Bay]], and then four miles by stage and later by train. At its prime, California's oldest resort was able to accommodate 1000 guests in its grand hotels which were later lost to local wildfires.<ref name="White_Sulfur_Springs">{{cite web | url=https://noehill.com/napa/poi_white_sulphur_springs.asp  | title= White Sulphur Springs | website= NoeHill Travels in California: Napa County Points of Interest}}</ref> The site is recognized as a National Historic Landmark.<ref name="Sulfur_Marker">{{cite web |url=https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM10YF_white-sulphur-springs_St-Helena-CA.html |title=White Sulphur Springs |website=Historical Marker Project |year=1993}}</ref>

The town of St. Helena was founded by Henry Still, who bought land from the Edward Bale family in 1855. By 1858 there was a school house and a little Baptist church. Four years later [[William Henry Brewer|Professor William Brewer]] of the [[Whitney family|Whitney party]] called it a "pretty little village with fifty or more houses . . .nestled among grand old oaks."<ref name="AVA_Establish">{{cite journal | title = The St. Helena Viticultural Area (94F–015P)| journal = [[Federal Register]] | volume = 60 | issue = 175  | pages=47053–47061 | date=September 11, 1995 | url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-09-11/pdf/95-22486.pdf | format= 27 CFR Part 9 60 FR 47053 [T.D. ATF–366; RE: Notice No. 801] RIN 1512–AA07 Final rule | publisher= [[Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau]], [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210331015758/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-09-11/pdf/95-22486.pdf |archive-date = March 31, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> It officially became a town on March 24, 1876, and by 1886 the population grew to 1,800 inhabitants. Shortly after in 1868, the first railroad was created in St. Helena allowing for shipment of resources such as fruit and mining products. The newly built train tracks also brought in tourists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofsthelena.org/community/page/st-helena-historical-society|title =St. Helena Historical Society |website=City of St Helena}}</ref>

[[Ellen G. White|Ellen White]], co-founder of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], had a home called [[Elmshaven]] near St. Helena, beginning in 1900. She died there in 1915, and the site is now a [[National Historic Landmark]]. Both the [[Beringer Vineyards]] and the [[Charles Krug Winery]] are [[California Historical Landmark]]s.<ref name="CHL"/>

St. Helena's community center was built as a [[Carnegie library]]; it served as the city library from 1908 to 1978.<ref name="AutoY4-8"/>