The population is almost entirely American, no foreign classes having 

 obtained a foothold. Farming is profitable, there being a good local market 

 and an increasing outside one. The 100,000 acres of level land in the 

 county is contained in numerous valleys, ranging in size from a few acres 

 to 25,000 acres. Most of this is under cultivation, but large tracts formerly 

 planted to wheat and hay are now being set out to fruit. Pear orchards 

 average in income two hundred dollars annually per acre, and there are 

 several thousand acres of the very best pear land in Big Valley waiting to 

 be planted. The various soils are alluvial loam, red clay, decomposed 

 sandstone, a fertile and mellow volcanic soil, and a little black adobe. All 

 are very prolific, the lake margins and valleys raising immense crops of 

 grain, alfalfa, corn, vegetables, fruit, and berries. Oranges and lemons 

 produce in certain sheltered localities. The rolling hills, of which there 

 are several hundred thousand acres available, furnish as good grape land 

 as any in the State, and viticulture is just starting. Hogs, chickens, and 

 turkeys are big and profitable products here. Creameries and cheese fac- 

 tories operate with profit. The higher mountains provide good range for 

 cattle, sheep, and goats, which are extensively raised. There is still con- 

 siderable standing timber in the county, and twelve sawmills keep busy 

 throughout the year. A dozen mines produce quicksilver; their combined 

 output has reached millions of dollars. Kelseyville has a natural gas well 

 utilized for lighting and heating purposes; there are many others unde- 

 veloped. Improved land costs from fifteen to four hundred dollars per acre; 

 unimproved can be had for from three dollars upward. 



Lakeport, the largest town and county seat, is located on the broadest 

 part of Clear Lake. Other towns are Upper Lake, Kelseyville, Lower Lake, 

 and Middletown. All are thriving and growing communities and offer good 

 opportunities for business. 



With the building of a railroad, which is a certainty. Lake County will 

 receive a great impetus. Large products for development are now under 

 way; electric light and power will be supplied throughout the county from 

 the big Eel River plant; the flood waters of Clear Lake will be conserved 

 for one of the largest irrigation schemes in the State, but there still remain 

 immense possibilities and opportunities for manufacturing enterprises and 

 Investment of capital. 



Napa County 



S. H. WYCKOFF 

 Secretary Napa Chamber of Commerce 



NAPA COUNTY, the gem of California, only forty-five miles from San 

 Francisco, since it is not on the main line of railroad, has not been In 

 the past very accessible or well known. And this fact makes it 

 to-day one of the most desirable places for investment. Property 

 values are not high, but there is a steady and healthy increase in 

 values. 

 Napa is a hilly county with numerous small, fertile valleys scattered 

 through it. Napa Valley, the largest of these, is hardly ten miles wide at 

 its widest point, yet it is over thirty miles long, with hills on either side 

 covered with magnificent trees, and as you drive through the valley or the 

 small canyons bordering it, the scenery is continually changing with new 

 and surprising beauty, and you marvel that Nature is so lavish with her 

 gifts. There is utility here also. These hillsides and valleys are rich and 

 fertile. Productive orchards, vineyards, and grain-fields, as well as rich 

 dairy farms, not only lend beauty to the scene, but produce wealth for the 

 husbandman. 



