Speaker Series - Rebecca Yerger

Explore the known treasures and hidden gems of Yountville. Discover its historic buildings, their architectural heritage and human history during this virtual tour of Yountville. However, no need to don your comfortable shoes and sun hat as you will be enjoying this tour from the comfort of your Yountville community meeting room seat.

Rebecca A. Yerger is a professional historian, architectural historian, historic preservation consultant and writer. For 29 years she has authored her Memory Lane local history column for the Napa Valley Register. She is also a Napa Valley native.

Investigate the checkered past of Yountville and the Valley. Solve who dunnits as well as reveal the area’s bumbling bad boys, and girls too! Find out about how the proximity of the Veterans Home impacted life and living as well as law and order in Yountville. Also, discover the community’s connection to Prohibition era speak-easies, raids and even a shoot-out. It will be arresting testimony about Yountville’s wild past.

Rebecca A. Yerger is a professional historian, architectural historian, historic preservation consultant and writer. For 29 years she has authored her Memory Lane local history column for the Napa Valley Register. She is also a Napa Valley native.

Come explore the military roots and heritage of the Veterans Home. Discover its original purpose and mission. Follow its evolution from being an orderly military institution with ranks and duties to a residence for retired veterans. Also learn about how its campus has been transformed over the decades.

Rebecca A. Yerger is a professional historian, architectural historian, historic preservation consultant and writer. For 29 years she has authored her Memory Lane local history column for the Napa Valley Register. She is also a Napa Valley native.