Submit Events Chamber Events Community Events
Back a Page Top of Page Print Friendly Page
Spirits of St. Helena Cemetery Discovery Walk . Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! .
Event Description: The seventh annual "Spirits of St. Helena" Cemetery Discovery Walk will take place on Saturday, November 7 from 1-4p.m. Attendees will tour with a guide to hear 10-minute presentations and converse with each of the 'spirits'. Tours will leave at 1:30, 2:00 and 2:30pm from the entrance gate at Spring and Chardonnay Streets. In case of rain, the event will move indoors. This year's theme is, "Women Who Left Their Mark.” Those featured are: Sarah Chase Bourn, matriarch of a prominent local family, who managed hundreds of acres of vineyard; Lola Grace Mackinder, who published the St. Helena Star newspaper; Ivy Loeber, a local historian who helped found the Napa County Historical Society; Fanny Schneider, whose adventurous life included serving in the Civil War; Clarice Vance, a famed jazz singer: and Hannah Weinberger, one of the first women to own a winery. This is a community education program of the St. Helena Historical Society. Tickets are $10 at the cemetery, or go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/84680. For more information call 967-5502 or go to: shstory@shpl.org. Directions: St. Helena Cemetery, gate on Spring St. at Chardonnay St.
2461 Spring Street St. Helena, CA 94574
Visitor Information | Relocation | Our Community | Calendar | About the Chamber | Business Directory | Members Only Home | Contact Us | Join the Chamber | Site Map
© Copyright 2007-2009 St. Helena Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved. 1010 Main Street, Suite A | St. Helena, CA 94574 | TEL: 800.799.6456 | FAX: 707.963.5396 | Email: info@sthelena.com