One never knows what may “walk in the door as a donation” for the collection of the Fenton History Center. A week or so ago we received
After receiving some high school yearbooks in recent donations to the collection at the Fenton History Center, my curiosity has gotten the better of me.
Many of the high school yearbooks in the collection at the Fenton History Center, especially the older ones, have something written about each of the
The focus of our collection is local history. A recent donation to the Research Center of the Fenton History Center may puzzle a few people
The artifact from the collection of the Fenton History Center that is the subject of this Hometown History has been “rolling around Jamestown” for about
And who thinks that working at a local history museum and research center is not exciting? Those of us at the Fenton History Center Museum
In 1920, a group of about 26 Jamestown area men formed what was variously called the British Great War Veterans Association, Volunteers of the British
This column has explored scrapbooks in the past. Recently some of the scrapbooks in the archives at the Fenton History Center have been rehoused and
Just as the Jamestown Fire Department saw a challenge in March 1910, with the Gokey fire, the Department found a new challenge in March 1911.
It was in March of 1910 that the Gokey Fire threatened to wipe out downtown Jamestown. It did wipe out parts of two blocks. The
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