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Hometown History

Yearbook Titles

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.

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Hometown History

Yearbook Predictions

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

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Hometown History

The Jamestown Journal

The first edition of the Jamestown Journal (1826-1938) rolled of the press on the 21st day of June in 1826. Organized and established by Adolphus Fletcher

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Hometown History

Chautauqua vs. Chautauquas

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

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Hometown History

Early Bowling in Jamestown

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

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Biographies

The Mysterious Historian

Arthur Wellington Anderson (October 6, 1889-December 12, 1949), according to his Jamestown Journal obituary and Lake View Cemetery records was born near Augusta, Maine. He

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Collections

A Piece of 1811

The Fenton History Center recently acquired a small, unpretentious oak drop leaf table that had remained in the family of the original owner since the

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