Flashbacks

In news from 1949, Healdsburg has been invited to hold a two-day try-out camp for the New York Giants. In a letter to Art McCaffrey, Mickey Shader, San Francisco scout for the New York ball club, promised this city nation-wide publicity as well as to “give some kids a chance to get started in baseball.’’ ...

News from 1925: "There will be no more games at Recreation Park. The Prune Packers, Healdsburg’s famous team which has won statewide recognition in bush baseball circles, has been disbanded and will play no more games this season."

100 Years Ago: Arrangements have been made by the amusement committee, Frank Corrick, chairman, with W. F. Warner, a parachute dropper, who will come to Healdsburg for the Fourth of July celebration, and will jump from an airplane with a parachute, beneath which he will float to the earth. 

Back in 1975, 50 years ago, the first big event in the Healdsburg Bicentennial Committee’s celebration of the nation’s 200th anniversary included a chicken barbecue held at the Villa Chanticleer the following afternoon. For those who preferred a family picnic basket, there was even then plenty of room under the trees at the Villa.

From Feb. 20, 1975 Healdsburg Tribune: 'For what appears to be the first time in its history, Healdsburg Elementary School will have a behavior code, elementary school trustees decided last Thursday night. The new behavior code was prompted by a petition from 19 faculty members in December that cites “serious problems” occurring “in the classroom, cafeteria and playground.”

The Healdsburg Intra-City Bus System is expected to begin carrying its first passengers on March 3, City Manager James Stanfield has announced. The new city mini-bus, which can carry 15 passengers, will operate each weekday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., making five complete circuits of the residential districts within the city. Fares have been set at 25-cents, with a reduced price of 10-cents for the elderly and handicapped.

Fifty years ago this month, an unusual looking aircraft resembling a large grasshopper was seen flying over the Russian River at very low altitude, arousing a great deal of interest from residents...

Holly Hoods was taken aback when three men walked into the downstairs office space of the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society one morning last week. One of them was unknown to the museum director, but he seemed to know a lot about Healdsburg history,...

Prohibition Wine, An Emergency Landing and Tennis Tourney in Back Issues, as researched by Healdsburg Museum docents.

The docents of the Healdsburg Museum dig into back issues of The Healdsburg Tribune to find stories from 50, 75 and 100 years ago...