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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAlmost from the very beginning of merchandising, businesses and companies figured out that a cheap way to get the word out was to emblazon their name on household objects and hand them out to customers. Certainly Fort Bragg merchants were no exception. The Historical Society has assembled a small collection of these artifacts, which are historical treasures in their own right, since most display not only a company name or logo, but an address and even phone number. Back in the day, no household was without a yardstick, so the collection includes several of those, from different businesses. Also on display are a can opener from Noyo Bowl, a food strainer from Sea Fair, a 12\u201d ruler from Shafsky Bros. Federated Store, a thermometer from Anderson\u2019s Service, a letter opener from Donald Babcock Shell, and more. The Historical Society welcomes donations of this type of object, including coffee mugs, calendars, key chains, matchbooks, paint sticks, tokens (faux coins handed out by stores which could be used in-store like cash), and anything else with a connection to local history. <\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe Guest House Museum is open Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Stop in for a self-guided tour. No admission is charged; donations are welcome.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Download the Application (PDF)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n THE DENISE STENBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP GRANT is offered once a year, to one student, by the Fort Bragg – Mendocino Coast Historical Society, in honor of the late Denise Stenberg. In keeping with her interest in and contribution to local history, this scholarship is awarded to a student who evidences a strong interest in history as a field of study.<\/p>\n\n\n DENISE STENBERG<\/strong> (1923 – 2017) was a well known and beloved member of the Fort Bragg community. She taught in local schools for over 50 years, including 35 years at Fort Bragg High School and another 15 years at College of the Redwoods. She taught primarily business classes, but was passionately involved with the preservation of local history. She was proud of her family\u2019s local heritage, her mother having been born in the logging town of Glen Blair. In 2009, she published Glen Blair: The End of the Line<\/em><\/strong>, a compelling and well-researched account of the rise and fall of that small town. Denise was involved in a number of local organizations, including two directly related to local history, the Native Daughters of the Golden West and the Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Historical Society. She managed the Guest House Museum for the historical society for many years, and thoroughly enjoyed being a museum docent, welcoming people to our coast and explaining the local history she knew so well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PURPOSE OF THE DENISE STENBERG SCHOLARSHIP:<\/strong> to carry on the legacy of Denise Stenberg and honor her love of history by providing a scholarship to assist a local student with an interest in history with educational expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHO IS ELIGIBLE<\/strong>: Mendocino Coast high school seniors or students at the coast branch of Mendocino Community College who are taking history classes or have an interest in pursuing history as an educational goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS<\/strong>: High school students must be seniors, attend school on the Mendocino Coast, have a GPA of at least 3.0 and evidence an interest in history as an academic subject. Mendocino College students must have a GPA of at least 3.0, be enrolled at least half-time and be pursuing history or a related discipline as a major or minor. Proof of enrollment in classes will be required prior to release of scholarship funds. For high school students, evidence of an interest in history (local or global) can be determined from the student\u2019s application essay as well as supporting testimony from a school teacher or counselor. In addition, evidence of an interest in history can also be demonstrated by volunteering 10 hours with the Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Historical Society, serving as a docent at the Guest House Museum in Fort Bragg, assisting with maintenance of the Society\u2019s archives, as well as other projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HOW TO APPLY<\/strong>: Submit a letter to the Scholarship Committee of the Fort Bragg – Mendocino Coast Historical Society (P.O. Box 71, Fort Bragg CA 95437) and include pertinent information: name, grade level, school, GPA, contact information, and a statement of any length regarding your interest in history as a subject matter. Include a letter of recommendation from a teacher, counselor, or community connection. Alternately, the Historical Society will accept a direct recommendation for this scholarship from a teacher or counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHEN TO APPLY<\/strong>: For next year, applications must be received by March 31<\/em><\/strong>, 202<\/strong><\/em>6<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHEN IS THIS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED<\/strong>? This scholarship will be awarded at or near graduation day for your school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HOW MUCH IS THIS SCHOLARSHIP<\/strong>? The award is for $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHO DETERMINES WHO THE RECIPIENT WILL BE<\/strong>? Board members of the Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Historical Society, serving on the board\u2019s Scholarship Committee, will make the determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHO CAN I CONTACT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SCHOLARSHIP<\/strong>? Write to FB-MCHS, P.O. Box 71, Fort Bragg, CA 95437; phone us at 707-409-4970; or email us at archives@fortbragghistory.org<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n DONATIONS<\/strong>: The Historical Society is actively soliciting donations to the Denise S. Stenberg Scholarship fund in any amounts, large or small. Direct contributions via credit or debit card may be made via the Society’s website<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n www.fortbragghistory.org (Join or Donate page)<\/a><\/strong>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alternately, mail donations to: Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Historical Society, P.O. Box 71, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 and specify that the donation is to go to the scholarship fund. Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to the Community Foundation of Mendocino County for the Arts & Culture Program grant received by FB-MCHS for display & exhibit enhancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a link to their website:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n _______________________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The display at the Guest House Museum on Main Street in Fort Bragg featured over 100 vintage bottles, many from turn-of-the-century local businesses. The Fort Bragg Drug Store, Mendocino Hospital & Drug Company, Standard Bottling Works, and the Pesola and Dornan Hardware store were all included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bottles were displayed by category: medicine bottles, beer bottles, whiskey and other spirits bottles, soda bottles, and household products bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also included in the display were a number of bottles belonging to the City of Fort Bragg which were discovered in 1990 in a secret room in the Old Coast Hotel, used during Prohibition.<\/p>\n\n\n A final category of bottles called Unknowns – vintage bottles without markings whose actual age and use were unknown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, the Historical Society\u2019s complete model of the original 1857 fort, from which the city of Fort Bragg derives its name, was on display in the dining room at the Museum. New maps showing where the old fort buildings were located in relation to the current configuration of the town were also on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Guest House Museum is located at 343 N Main St in Fort Bragg. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winter hours of operation are Thursday – Sunday 11 -2.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (click title or image to go to the map)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rick Hemmings has created a page where you can compare a 2023 Satellite image with an 1873 Point Cabrillo to Pudding Creek map. Best viewed on a large screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See more of Rick’s work at: https:\/\/hubsandroutes.net\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MENDOCINO COAST MUSIC ARCHIVES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dedicated to preserving the rich music heritage of the Mendocino Coast\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 30 sets of historic music — Dirty Legs, Judy Mayhan, Gene Parsons, Lenny Laks, Charlie Remer, the Hansen Raitt Band, Vince Wallace & more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are links & a kind of overview of what I\u2019ve been doing preserving the local music history…<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I helped Judy Mayhan put the links below up on youTube. She was 85 on March 21st.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ________________________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s the youTube link to the very old Irish ballad:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please share it with others you know will appreciate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I think it is really beautiful\u2026only one other recording of Judy Mayhan a cappella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is another we put up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Jimmy Webb song that Judy makes her own\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026also I just put up these recently on the Mendocino Coast Music Archives SoundCloud Page<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark Levine Revue – Nov 7, 1981 part one<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark Levine Revue – Nov 7, 1981 part two<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><\/p>\n\n\n Some of the Dirty Legs sets that Rainbird recorded are pretty amazing\u2026<\/strong>there are also some cover songs & out takes from the COLORS triple CD set<\/strong><\/a>. (a great version of Stevie Wonder\u2019s Livin for the City<\/em> & Gil Scott Heron\u2019s Home is Where the Hatred Is<\/em>\u2026 & Horace Silver\u2019s Song for My Father)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, live bonus tracks from the <\/strong>Gene Parsons Band – Recorded Live 1981 – 83<\/a> <\/em>recordings, that weren\u2019t included on the 2021 double disc set I helped produce<\/strong>. (originally recorded by Nicholas Wilson) The art & music scene here on the Mendocino coast has always been rich with lots of very talented people making this special place home. It feels really good to make this great music available for people to listen to & no longer be the only lucky person in the world that gets to hear it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All the tracks are multiple songs & some are pretty long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are not able to put your cursor in to the wave file & skip ahead, I now know that to do that, you need to sign in with apple, google or facebook, or have a SoundCloud account. (it\u2019s free) But they will let you listen to the tracks straight through without.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please share these links with others \u2014 & let me know any particular favorites. The two Hansen Raitt dates are also pretty cool. (Bonnie Raitt\u2019s brother\u2019s band)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2024 scholarship was awarded to Abilene Rose Kamstra, who has enrolled at UC Berkeley.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We look forward to assisting future students interested in studying history. If you would like to donate to the scholarship fund, you may either donate online<\/a><\/strong> on our website, or mail a check to FB-MCHS, P.O. Box 71, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 (please specify the donation is to go to the scholarship fund). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n TWO NEW EXHIBITS AT THE GUEST HOUSE MUSEUM The Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Historical Society has opened two new exhibits at the Guest House Museum on Main Street in Fort Bragg. 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THE FORT BRAGG-MENDOCINO COAST HISTORICAL SOCIETY\u2019S
DENISE S. STENBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Starting to have more variety of music, mostly recorded live, from energetic dance music, singer songwriter, funk, soul, R&B, blues, a little jazz & more to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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