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Caymus (also, Caymas) is a former settlement in Napa County, California. [1] It lay at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m). [1] Caymus was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Rutherford. [2] It was located on Rancho Caymus, a Mexican land grant, a very notable wine-producing area. [2] [3]
Rancho Caymus was a 11,887-acre (48.10 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California granted in 1836 by acting Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to George C. Yount. [1]
Until 1972, when the winery was established, the fruit was sold to other area wineries. [4] The vineyard was planted to Nathan Fay's clone of Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1960s. [5] Fay also provided grapes to Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.
Crown Z" was the area's biggest employer in 1971, with 2,643 of approximately 3,700 Clark County paper mill workers. In 1986, Crown Zellerbach was absorbed by James River Corporation ; after further mergers with the Fort Howard Paper Company in 1997 and Georgia-Pacific in 2000, Koch Industries acquired Georgia-Pacific and the Camas mill in 2005.
Reservoir Dam River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity (ft) (m) (acre ft) (1,000 m 3) ; Almaden Reservoir: Almaden Dam: Alamitos Creek
Map of Grand Cayman Sunset from North Side beach, Grand Cayman Natural resources include fish and a climate and beaches that foster tourism , which is the islands' major industry. A 2012 estimate of land use determined that the Cayman Islands' had 0.83 percent arable land and 2.08 percent permanent crops.
Bat Cave; Carter Caves State Park; Cascade Caverns; Colossal Cavern; Diamond Caverns; Eleven Jones Cave; Fisher Ridge Cave System; Glover's Cave; Goochland Cave
Windsor Park is a residential area in Central George Town with a few parks. Triple C School is located near this area. Meegan Galeano Estates is a residential area near West Bay Road and is adjacent to Eastern Avenue ; Industrial Park is to the north-east of George Town, where most of the island's factories and Government Ministries are located ...