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More Than One Story

Often items that are donated to the Fenton History Center can relate to more than one story within the history of the community. This is

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Biographies

Who was Lillian G. Dickson?

Anyone traveling along Falconer Street in Jamestown, may have noticed the playground at the corner of Falconer and Sturges Street. This is the Lillian G.

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Buildings

The Old Post Office

Some of our readers may remember the “old” post office that was located on the northwest corner of Washington and Third streets. The post office

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Buildings

Postage History

In one week we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the establishment of a post office in Jamestown, New York. On December 30, 1816, James

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Hometown History

Snail Mail History

Today in the world of almost instant communication, it is hard for many of our younger generations to imagine what the world was like in

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Hometown History

A Variety of Invitations

A few weeks ago the subject of this column was a collection of “love letters” that the Fenton History Center received after a century of

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