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Relive July 1865

Sunday, July 13 was a hot, muggy day. Thankfully the rain held off for Fenton’s commemoration of the 160th Anniversary of the end of the

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Tornado Exhibit Opening

On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the Fenton unveiled the exhibit 80th Anniversary of the 1945 Jamestown Tornado. President Tom Goodwill produced an 18-minute video that

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Jamestown Street Car

This is a photo of the motormen (drivers), conductors and shop workers of the Jamestown Street Railway. The Railway barns were in the brick building

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Who is it? – July 2025

Walter E. Washington (1915-2003). He graduated from Jamestown High School in 1933 and from Howard University in 1938 and later received his LLB and Juris

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June 2025 Honor Flight

We are always so fortunate when our June Honor Flight falls at the same time as Flag Day, which makes a stop at Fort McHenry

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