In last week’s column, “You can lead a horse to water,” I wrote about the old fountain found outside Third Street Auto Repair. Below is additional information from local historian Nancy Brennan.

Brennan said that the inscription believed to read “Edw. B[ald]win Designer” actually read “Edw. Brown Designer” for Edward Brown, a local stone carver. Third Street Auto Repair now stands where Brown’s business once did.

She added: “Two concrete urns marked ‘B’ stand by the sidewalk near a bench made of stones and concrete. A large urn holds a water faucet, which once furnished water for humans and horses before the long haul out Coombsville Road. (In earlier years Coombsville Road and the connecting Green Valley Road formed a stage route heading east.)”

Brennan pointed out that in February of 1980, Lou Ezettie’s Napa Register column “Looking into Napa’s Past and Present” stated, “The project was intended as a resting place for people on their way to Tulocay Cemetery. In those days there were few automobiles and most people walked, and for many it was a long trek to Tulocay.”

Brennan is an expert on the history of Tulocay Cemetery. On Oct. 4 at 2:30 p.m., she will offer a talk on the topic at the Napa County Historical Society. Details, 224-1739. A tour of Tulocay Cemetery takes place Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. Details, 255-1836. The theme for both is “Dead Men ... and Women ... Do Tell Tales.”

Brennan and Rebecca Yerger, who provided the information for last week’s column, host a radio program on Napa history on KVON 1440 AM on the last Monday of the month at 9 a.m.

Thank you, Nancy.

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