Category: People & Places
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Our First People: St. Helena’s First Inhabitants
In this recorded talk, archaeologists from Pacific Legacy present their findings from an extensive archaeological dig near the confluence of…
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SHHS Sports History: The First 60 Years (1908-1968)
By Jim Hunt (class of 1962). A brief history of St. Helena High School baseball, boys basketball, and football. I.…
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William “Uncle Billy” Baldridge
This worthy pioneer was born near Newport, Cocke County, Eastern Tennessee, December 2, 1811, and is the son of James…
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The Dowdells: From the Emerald Isle to St. Helena in 1869
By Mariam Hansen. James Dowdell was born in County Louth, Ireland, August 29,1845, where he resided until he was nineteen…
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Honorable Gurden Backus III
Gurden Backus was born on November 6, 1820 in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Gurdon and Lucy Nichols Backus. His…
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Memoirs of an Old Timer: Alphonse Bell
As told to the St. Helena Star, April 9, 1953. In May 1879 I had the first glimpse of St.…
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Logan-Ives-Bellani House
By Mariam Hansen, February 2010. 738 Main Street, St. Helena. Beginnings The land on which 738 Main Street was built…
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The Electroliers: St. Helena’s Iconic Streetlights, 100 Years of Light
St. Helena’s iconic three-light streetlamps have lined Main Street since 1914. Were they really from the Panama Pacific Exposition? The…