HAUNTED NAPA: The Greenwood Mansion Traditional Cache
HAUNTED NAPA: The Greenwood Mansion
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Technically, there is no onstreet parking alongside the road. That being said, you could probably pull to the side, make the grab, and be on your way before being seen. Otherwise, you can park along the eucalyptus trees near the corner and make the short walk to the cache. Please replace the cache exactly where you found it.
On the small hillside to the east of the cache site where the Doctor's Company is now located, the Greenwood Mansion once stood. On the evening of February 9, 1891, Captain John Q. Greenwood was working on a broken fence in his yard when he was approached by two well-dressed strangers, William Roe and Carl Schmidt. The two men said that they were travelers and asked Greenwood if he could spare them a little food for their travels. Greenwood got a very uneasy feeling about the men and demanded that they leave his property immediately.
Greenwood’s intuition about the men proved to be well justified. The men then attacked Greenwood, dragging him into the kitchen where they tied him to a chair and drugged him with a sedative. Roe and Schmidt began tearing apart the Greenwood’s home searching for money and valuables. Unaware of what was going on, John’s wife Lucina stumbled upon the men as she returned home from visiting with a neighbor. The men quickly subdued Lucina, dragging her upstairs and tying her up. Before leaving the Greenwood home, Roe strangled Lucinda in her bedroom.
The men gathered their loot and headed to a nearby bar and stagecoach stop, the Soscol House, or present-day Villa Romano (HAUNTED NAPA: The Soscol House - GC1ZX38). Once there, the men drank and briefly inquired about Greenwood’s background with others at the bar. The men found out that Greenwood was known to keep a considerable amount of cash stashed somewhere at his ranch.
Roe and Schmidt finished their drinks and returned to the Greenwood's house in search of the hidden money. To their surprise, John had come out from under the effects of the sedative and was found kneeling at his deceased wife’s side in their bedroom. Enraged, the men drug John into the upstairs hallway and shot him three times in the head. Not certain of Lucina’s condition, the men shot her once.
Amazingly, John survived the ordeal and was able to stagger to a neighbor’s house for help. John underwent surgery and returned home after a long, slow recovery. Saddened by what took place there, John never entered the upstairs of their home again. He moved Lucina’s small garden wagon into the downstairs living area and slept in it until he passed away almost ten years later.
The Greenwood Mansion was eventually move from its spot on the hill to the entrance of the Napa Airport and can be easily seen across the highway to the west of the cache. Despite the change in locale, it appears that the spirit of Lucina Greenwood may have followed. Visitors have witnessed the pale ghost of a woman float down the upstairs hallway and enter Lucina’s bedroom before disappearing. Visitors have also reported feeling several cold spots throughout the home (one of which being the former kitchen) as well as hearing a faint moaning sound coming from the rooms upstairs.
At the original site of the Greenwood Mansion, the Doctor's Company has been the site of paranormal activity as well. Workers and security guards on the second floor report seeing the ghostly figure of a woman wandering the hallways. The ghost is believed to be friendly and only manifests itself for a few moments at a time before disappearing. Many theorize that this spirit is also that of Lucina Greenwood and that her ghost may move back and forth between the two buildings.
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