Opinion

100 years ago – Feb. 7, 1924 January Report of School Nurse During January Mrs. Alice Howard paid 34 visits to 14 schools in this section, according to her monthly report as Healdsburg Red Cross nurse. She inspected 253 children during the month, recommending 62 teeth...

Sonoma County's vineyard workers clip 100 million canes per year, bringing forth spring's bud break, summer's veraison, and fall's harvest, and German POWs worked in the vineyards and orchards during the 1940s.

Research and photographs contributed by The Healdsburg Museum 100 years agoDec. 13, 1923 Santa Claus to Greet Kiddies at Clubhouse, Kris Kringle at American Legion Santa Claus will personally meet and greet the younger generation of Healdsburg citizens at the American Legion club house on the evening...

Research and photographs contributed by The Healdsburg Museum 100 years ago – Nov. 22, 1923 Camp Visited by 540 Auto Parties Over 600 automobile parties, numbering around 1600 persons, were entertained at the automobile camp grounds of the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce during the touring season just...

Mary Ellen Pleasant was a phenomenal woman. Born a slave in 1814, she amassed an estimated $30 million through entrepreneurship and savvy investing. Owning boarding houses, restaurants, laundries, a dairy and a money-lending business, she acquired 2,000 acres around Glen Ellen, including the famed...

Research materials and photographs contributed by The Healdsburg Museum. Box Car Club to Organize Friday The American Legion national convention club, which is variously known since its inception as the St. Paul or Bust Club, the Box Car Club and the Ku Ku Klams, will meet...

This content is provided by Jon Haupt, Healdsburg Regional Library It is always a pleasure to see our many visitors attending events at the Healdsburg Regional Library. Sometimes we need to make adjustments to meet the moment. Responding to cold weather, we brought our Not-So-Spooky...

This content is provided by Pierre Ratte. That sound heard in the middle of the night? It might not have anything to do with Halloween ghosts or goblins, but rather with trucks and grape-harvesting machinery. It’s a bit spooky to have an 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck...

This column is provided by the Healdsburg Museum 100 years ago: Nov. 1, 1923 Grape Shipping Season Sets Record A banner year for grape shipments and one of the best tomato seasons ever experienced, is the season’s record for the Healdsburg section on important autumn crops. Approximately 7000...

'Snapshots' are contributed by Pierre Ratte. Halloween celebrations and decorations are rooted in Celtic traditions around harvest time. Bonfires were lit and costumes were worn to ward off and confuse ghosts. Ghosts apparently would not recognize people in costume on the day they were allowed...