NOTICE: The Fenton History Center is closed Jan. 10, 2026 – Jan. 23, 2026
The original Dexterville Tavern building, more lately known as the Buffalo Grill, stands at the corner of Buffalo Street and East Second, empty and condemned.
Recently a woman brought us a framed portrait of her grandfather, Harley R. Barstow, Sr. in his World War I uniform. The picture, which most
Libraries have been filled with books about World War II and shelves have been filled with just local material about all sorts of activities, attitudes,
It is to the benefit of society in general and history conscious people in particular when people or institutions celebrate major anniversaries. We hope it
Today I’m writing about two books that illustrate very different approaches to the personal past. One is a family history. The other is a personal
In the early days of Jamestown, the only way to obtain an image of yourself or anyone else was to employ an artist or draw
The largest exhibit in the Fenton History Center is our Furniture Room. Furniture also fills a large part of our storage areas. Of course the
I’m not going to talk about an artifact today, I’m going to talk about an event, a future event. The Fenton History Center staff and
The happiest day in the lives of quite a few local genealogists I know was the day they discovered the Old Fulton Newspapers site had
Historic files apply to contemporary issues. Here is a photo of a woman at a parking meter on November 5, 1962. “Parking Meter Up to