36-473: Calistoga may refer to: Calistoga, California Calistoga AVA , an American Viticultural Area that partly overlaps the town of Calistoga Calistoga Water Company , bottled water brand sourced in Calistoga, California Calistoga, code name for Intel's 945 chipset designed for use in mobile devices Calistoga, a Post-hardcore band from Brazil "Calistoga",
72-410: A "legend". In that piece Robert Seton, once a student of Spooner's, admitted that Spooner: ...made, to my knowledge, only one "Spoonerism" in his life, in 1879, when he stood in the pulpit and announced the hymn: 'Kinkering Kongs their Titles Take' ["Conquering Kings their Titles Take"]...Later, a friend and myself brought out a book of "spoonerisms". In 1937, The Times quoted a detective describing
108-513: A food staple and the natural hot springs as a healing ground Calistoga ( Wappo : Nilektsonoma , meaning "Chicken Hawk Place") was the site of several villages. Following Mexican Independence , mission properties were secularized and disposed of by the Mexican government with much of the Napa Valley being partitioned into large ranchos in the 1830s and 1840s. The first Anglo settlers began arriving in
144-444: A man as "a bricklabourer's layer" and used "Police Court Spoonerism" as the headline. A spoonerism is also known as a marrowsky or morowski , purportedly after an 18th-century Polish count who suffered from the same impediment. Most of the quotations attributed to Spooner are apocryphal; The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (3rd edition, 1979) lists only one substantiated spoonerism: "The weight of rages will press hard upon
180-702: A man had drilled into the geyser in search for water. He had actually "simply opened up a dead geyser". In the California State Legislature , Calistoga is in the 3rd Senate District , represented by Democrat Bill Dodd , and in the 4th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry . In the United States House of Representatives , Calistoga is in California's 4th congressional district , represented by Democrat Mike Thompson . The above districts are based on
216-456: A phrase. These are named after the Oxford don and priest William Archibald Spooner , who reportedly commonly spoke in this way. An example is saying "blushing crow" instead of "crushing blow", or "runny babbit" instead of "bunny rabbit". While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue, they can also be used intentionally as a word play . The first known spoonerisms were published by
252-476: A soda fountain and candy store owner in Calistoga, was drilling for a cold water well at the Railway Exchange when he tapped into a hot water source. In 1924 he set up a bottling line and began selling Calistoga Sparkling Mineral Water. The company became a major player in the bottled water business after Elwood Sprenger bought the small bottling plant in 1970 known today as Calistoga Water Company . Calistoga
288-496: A song by God Is an Astronaut from the album Origins Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Calistoga . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calistoga&oldid=1104656210 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
324-399: A talk in his name doesn’t leave him spitting spiritedly splenetic spoonerisms in comedy heaven. He once proclaimed, "Hey, belly jeans " When he found a stash of jelly beans. But when he says he pepped in stew We'll tell him he should wipe his shoe. On the 3 December 1950 episode of The Jack Benny Program , Jack mentions that he ran into his butler Rochester while in his car that
360-524: A transportation hub for the upper Napa Valley and a gateway to Lake and Sonoma Counties. Calistoga's economy was based on mining ( silver and mercury ) agriculture (grapes, prunes and walnuts) and tourism (the hot springs). One of the early visitors was Robert Louis Stevenson , who wrote the Silverado Squatters while honeymooning with his wife Fanny Vandegrift at a cabin near Silverado Mine on Mount Saint Helena . In 1920, Giuseppe Musante,
396-659: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Calistoga, California Calistoga ( Wappo : Nilektsonoma ) is a city in Napa County, California , United States. Located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area , the city had a population of 5,228 as of the 2020 census . Calistoga was founded in 1868 when the California Pacific Railroad
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#1732851978302432-446: Is noted for its hot springs spas such as Calistoga Spa Hot Springs . A local specialty is immersion in hot volcanic ash, known as a mud bath . Nearby attractions include an artificial geothermal geyser known as the "Old Faithful of California" or "Little Old Faithful". The geyser erupts from the casing of a well drilled in the late 19th century. According to Dr. John Rinehart, in his book A Guide to Geyser Gazing (1976 p. 49),
468-646: The Calistoga Spa Hot Springs . Neighboring vineyards include Sterling Vineyards . Calistoga is at the north end of the Napa Valley Calistoga AVA , part of California 's Wine Country . There are numerous wineries within a short drive. The city allows visitors to see Wine Country as it was before freeways and fast food—only two-lane roads lead there, including those segments of Highway 29 and Highway 128 that pass through Calistoga, and fast food franchises are banned by law. Calistoga itself
504-505: The Köppen climate classification system. Average annual rainfall is 38.58 inches (980 mm) with measurable precipitation falling on an average of 65.7 days each year. The wettest year was 1983 with 75.38 inches (1,915 mm) and the driest year was 2013 with 6.45 inches (164 mm). The most rainfall in one month was 32.06 inches (814 mm) in February 1986. The most rainfall in 24 hours
540-703: The Napa County Fairgrounds . Scenes from the movie Hot Rod were filmed in and around Calistoga. Scenes from the Disney movie Bedtime Stories starring Adam Sandler were filmed in Calistoga in June 2008. The Netflix movie, Wine Country used Calistoga's downtown as a filming location in May 2018. Spoonerism A spoonerism is an occurrence of speech in which corresponding consonants , vowels , or morphemes are switched (see metathesis ) between two words of
576-418: The "few" authenticated Spoonerisms, dates it to 1879, and he gives nine examples "attributed to Spooner, most of them spuriously". They are as follows: In modern terms, spoonerism generally refers to any changing of sounds in this manner. Writing in tribute for the inaugural Ronnie Barker Talk , Ben Elton wrote: What an honour. I grew up loving Ronnie Barker and can only hope the news that I am to give
612-529: The 16th-century author François Rabelais and termed contrepèteries . In his novel Pantagruel , he wrote "femme folle à la messe et femme molle à la fesse" ("insane woman at Mass, woman with flabby buttocks"). Spoonerisms are named for the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden from 1903 to 1924 of New College, Oxford , who was allegedly susceptible to this mistake. The Oxford English Dictionary records
648-645: The 1840s, with several taking up lands in the Calistoga area. Samuel Brannan was the leader of a Mormon settlement expedition on the ship Brooklyn landing in Yerba Buena (San Francisco) in 1846. He published San Francisco's first English-language newspaper, the California Star . Following the discovery of gold in Coloma , Brannan became California's first millionaire. Fascinated by Calistoga's natural hot springs, Brannan purchased more than 2,000 acres (8 km ) with
684-511: The 2021 Redistricting in California. The mayor of Calistoga is Donald Williams , who was elected in 2022 by a 27-vote margin. He defeated former fire chief Gary Kraus with 841 votes over Kraus's 814. Williams was sworn into office in December 2022. During his tenure as mayor, Williams has focused on preserving Calistoga's small town character, expensive water rates, and the city's acquisition of
720-470: The English word butterfly derives from ' fl utter b y' . As complements to spoonerism , Douglas Hofstadter used the nonce words kniferism and forkerism to refer to changing, respectively, the vowels or the final consonants of two syllables, giving them a new meaning. Examples of so-called kniferisms include a British television newsreader once referring to the police at a crime scene removing
756-527: The Spaniards and Indians. Brannan's Hot Springs Resort surrounding Mt. Lincoln with the Spa/Hotel located at what is now Indian Springs Resort and Brannan Cottage Inn, opened to California's rich and famous in 1862. The Napa Valley Railroad Company's track was completed to Calistoga in 1868, providing an easier connection for ferry passengers traveling from San Francisco , as well as transforming Calistoga into
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#1732851978302792-587: The city for the second time in four years. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km ), 99.30% of it land and 0.70% of it water. According to National Weather Service records, Calistoga has cool, wet winters with temperatures dropping to freezing on an average of 35.6 days. Summers are usually very dry, with daytime temperatures regularly reaching 90 °F (32 °C) or higher on an average of 70.8 days, but nights are cool, dropping into
828-400: The employer" (instead of "rate of wages"). Spooner himself claimed that "The Kinquering Congs Their Titles Take" (in reference to a hymn) was his sole spoonerism. Most spoonerisms were probably never uttered by William Spooner himself but rather invented by colleagues and students as a pastime. Richard Lederer , calling "Kinkering Kongs their Titles Take" (with an alternative spelling) one of
864-483: The intent to develop a spa reminiscent of Saratoga Springs in New York . The name of Calistoga was given to the place in the fall of 1867, by Mr. Brannan, who has been reported and quoted as saying that the name came from a slip of the tongue that transformed "Saratoga of California" into "Calistoga of Sarifornia". The place had already been previously called Hot Springs by the few Americans, and Agua Caliente by
900-435: The mid-fifties. Average January temperatures range from 58.8 to 39.4 °F (14.9 to 4.1 °C). Average July temperatures range from 89.5 to 54.7 °F (31.9 to 12.6 °C). The record high temperature of 118 °F (47.8 °C) occurred on September 6, 2022. The record low temperature of 10 °F (−12.2 °C) was recorded on December 11, 1932. Calistoga has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Csa ) according to
936-415: The occupied units 1,166 (57.8%) were owner-occupied and 853 (42.2%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.0%. 2,545 people (49.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,555 people (49.6%) lived in rental housing units. At the 2000 census there were 5,190 people in 2,042 households, including 1,243 families, in the city. The population density
972-607: The population) lived in households, 20 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 35 (0.7%) were institutionalized. There were 2,019 households, 630 (31.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 927 (45.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 189 (9.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 99 (4.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 141 (7.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 20 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 641 households (31.7%) were one person and 332 (16.4%) had someone living alone who
1008-522: The word spoonerism as early as 1900. The term was well-established by 1921. An article in The Times from that year reports that: The boys of Aldro School, Eastbourne , ... have been set the following task for the holidays: Discover and write down something about: The Old Lady of Threadneedle-street, a Spoonerism, a Busman's Holiday... An article in the Daily Herald in 1928 reported spoonerisms to be
1044-411: Was $ 44,375. Males had a median income of $ 32,344 versus $ 29,844 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 21,134. About 5.2% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.5% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over. Major employers in Calistoga include Solage resort, Calistoga Joint Unified School District, Indian Springs Calistoga resort, and
1080-477: Was 1,997.4 inhabitants per square mile (771.2/km ). There were 2,249 housing units at an average density of 865.5 units per square mile (334.2 units/km ). Of the 2,042 households 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 31.4% of households were one person and 17.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size
1116-414: Was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.20. The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 38,454, and the median family income
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1152-578: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.53. There were 1,215 families (60.2% of households); the average family size was 3.23. The age distribution was 1,167 people (22.6%) under the age of 18, 400 people (7.8%) aged 18 to 24, 1,341 people (26.0%) aged 25 to 44, 1,283 people (24.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 964 people (18.7%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 40.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males. There were 2,319 housing units at an average density of 887.3 per square mile, of
1188-689: Was 8.10 inches (206 mm) on February 17, 1986. Snow often falls in the nearby mountains during the winter months, but is rare in Calistoga. On January 3, 1974, 3.0 inches (7.6 cm) of snow fell in the city. At the 2010 census Calistoga had a population of 5,155. The population density was 1,972.4 inhabitants per square mile (761.5/km ). The racial makeup of Calistoga was 3,735 (72.5%) White, 27 (0.5%) African American, 21 (0.4%) Native American, 47 (0.9%) Asian, 10 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 968 (18.8%) from other races, and 347 (6.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,545 persons (49.4%). The census reported that 5,100 people (98.9% of
1224-585: Was built, establishing the town as a tourist destination for its Calistoga Hot Springs . Today, Calistoga continues as a popular tourist destination in Wine Country, owing to its vineyards and historic landmarks. The Upper Napa Valley was once the home of a significant population of Indigenous People, called the Wappo , during the Spanish colonial era of the late 18th century. With abundant oak trees providing acorns as
1260-574: Was named a Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2001. In 2017, the Tubbs Fire , which killed at least 19 people, started off of Highway 128 and Bennett Lane in Calistoga. The fire led to the evacuation of almost the entire population of Calistoga. The 2017 Tubbs Fire took exactly the same path as the 1964 Hanley Fire. In 2020, the Glass Fire forced an evacuation of
1296-405: Was on a grease rack. Mary Livingston was supposed to say "How could you run into him on a grease rack?" but flubbed her line with "How could you run into him on a grass reek?" The audience laughed so much that Jack was unable to reply as the show ran out of time. Spoonerisms are used sometimes in false etymologies . For example, according to linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann , some wrongly believe that
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