Flashbacks from Healdsburg, Feb. 8
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...
Letters to the Editor, Jan. 18
The Healdsburg Tribune has welcomed Simone Wilson as a writer, and a reader from Wisconsin writes in to say he enjoys the paper.
Snapshot: Pruning Prepares the Vines
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.
Healdsburg Local Joins Tribune, Weeklys Staff
Last month, Healdsburg native Simone Wilson joined the Healdsburg Tribune team as a staff writer and senior product manager. She will send out an email newsletter about Healdsburg a few times per week, containing a quick synopsis of everything you need to know about...
Flashbacks from Healdsburg
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...
Letters, Dec. 14
Bridge Lighting Policy
At the December 4th city council meeting I requested city council to revisit resolution 68-2023 and abort the bridge lighting project, returning it to its natural state for the following reasons. ('Healdsburg Chooses the Color of Peace,' Oct. 26)
Lighting the bridge was...
Flashbacks from Healdsburg
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...
Snapshot: The Phenomenal Mary Ellen Pleasant
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...
Letters, Nov. 22
City’s Ordinance Problem
Downtown Healdsburg may soon have another luxury hotel, thanks to an error by city staff in publishing notice of a 2018 ordinance that would have prohibited the hotel. Unfortunately, the error wasn’t a one-off.
The city’s 20 most recent ordinances—going back to April...
Flashbacks from Healdsburg
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...
Arts & Entertainment
Healdsburg stakes claim as year-round jazz destination
This year brings the second Healdsburg Winter Jazz Festival, which starts Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Harmon Guest House’s Merritt Hall and concludes Sunday night, Feb. 1, at the Healdsburg Community Church. It once again showcases a diverse line-up of jazz talent, genres and venues. A total of six programs are being presented at off-beat stages, with a suitably wide-ranging menu of music.
