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Bothe Napa Valley State Park offers rare glimpses of county’s nature, history

July 6, 2016

Bothe Napa Valley SP Visitor Center

Napa Valley Register
By Tom Stockwell

In 1872, Dr. Charles M. Hitchcock bought a thousand acres of Rancho Carne Humana and built a country home along Ritchey Creek. He called it “Lonely.” Nearly 150 years later the beautiful trails along the creek remain as Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. But you won’t be lonely there anymore.

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