Historical Society of Winters

Say Goodbye to the Old Winters High School Main Building! Share your photos and memories! #WintersHighSchool

Winters High School 1962: Photograph shows the front entrance to Winters High School. Three female and one male student are pictured at the front entrance. The old high school gymnasium is at the right side of the picture. (Photo from the Yolo County Archives: A Visual History of Yolo County - Source: Jack Potter) #WintersHistory #WintersBuilding #WintersSchool #WintersHighSchool #YoloCountyLibrary #YoloCountyArchives

This made me happy this morning... (I did not do the translation...it is not the best...)

Dean's Frostie: Was this restaurant in Winters? Does anyone remember it? What was on the menu? Who worked there? #WintersHistory #WintersBuildings #WintersBusiness #WintersLandmark #WintersFavorite #WintersMemory

Thanks for sharing your research! #WintersHistory #WintersRailroad

Here is the schedule for Saturday's #WoodlandHistory event. #WoodlandParlor30 #WoodlandHistory #DowntownWoodland

Monticello Dam Site 1955: Before Monticello Dam and Lake Berryessa. Stream, road, bushes, and trees in foreground with hills in background. (Source: Eastman, Jervie Henry. 1955. Monticello Dam Site near Winters, Calif. Eastman’s Originals Collection. University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections. 1955.) #WintersHistory #Monticello #MonticelloDam #LakeBerryessa

We are a day late. Do you recognize this item from Sacramento History Museum and Tours?

The Yolo County Archives produced this "Anniversaries and Celebrations" video for the 2020 Sacramento Archives Crawl. Of special Winters interest is the final section (beginning at the 4:40 mark) where one can view the articles of incorporation and a panoramic photograph of Winters’ Japanese American School and Community Center. The Kokugo Gakuen was completed in 1930, 90 years ago. Access that section directly by using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDW1...lNtvcEU&t=280. #YoloCountyArchives #YoloCountyHistory #WintersHistory #LostJapaneseCommunity

Ben Shimomura is 100! Congratulations to Ben and the Shimomura Family! In the first photo, Ben holds the Japanese Centenarian Recognition for reaching his 100th year from Consul General Toru Maeda of San Francisco. The second photo is a portrait of the Shimomura Family in 1932. #JapaneseCommunity #WintersHistory #LostJapaneseCommunity

Winters Elder Day Council honored Ben Shimomura in 2018. The Winters Express reported: 'Ben Shimomura’s parents emigrated from Japan. He was born December 4, 1920, in Sacramento. The family moved to Winters where he grew up on the property known as the horseshoe. He attended Apricot School and Winters High School, but was unable to graduate when they were interned during WWII. This was the most difficult thing in my life, he explains with emotion. He married in 1948 and h...e and his wife, Lois, raised a family of four children. The family grew to seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Shimomura is very proud of his family. I really enjoy spending time with them. Shimomura was able to buy the ranch he worked on where they grew apricots and almonds. This was my first big purchase and the most influential and successful thing in my life, he says. Asked what is the hardest thing about getting old, he smilingly responded, Just getting around!' #WintersHistory #WintersElderDay

City of Winters Marshall William Preston Rice was killed in the line of duty on October 18, 1912. #WintersHistory #InTheLineOfDuty

This week's #Yesteryear photo (picked by Charley Wallace) from the Winters Express. The caption reads: "This picture from the late 1930s shows Main Street looking east. Bank of America was on one corner with the Post Office on the other. The D.O. Judy Palm Tree is just starting to grow above the horizon." #WintersExpress #DowntownWinters #WintersMuseum #HistoricalSocietyofWinters #WintersHistory

The Winters Express covered the 2020 Mural Signing Party and included an article in the 10/07/2020 edition. Pick up a copy or read the article here: www.wintersparticipationgallery.org/news #WintersHistoryMural #WintersMural2020 #WintersHistoricalMuralProject #WintersExpress

The Winters Mural Class did an amazing job! The 2020 Mural Signing Party took place on Thursday, September 24th. Here are the artists standing in front of their art. #WintersParticipationGallery #WintersMuralClass #WintersHistoryMural #WintersMural2020 #WintersHistoricalMuralProject

The 2020 Mural Signing Party is scheduled for Thursday, September 24th from 3:00 - 4:00. As with everything this year, the format will be a bit different than years past. #WintersParticipationGallery #WintersMuralClass #WintersHistoryMural #WintersMural2020 #WintersHistoricalMuralProject

The photo shows the Japanese community of Winters in front of the newly constructed Japanese Community Center in 1930. #WintersHistory #JapaneseCommunityofWinters

We thank the Winters Express for including an article which tells the early history of our town in the Welcome to Winters 2020 publication. Please pick up a copy while you can, or read the article here: https://bit.ly/31GEtn4. #WintersHistory #WintersMuseum #HistoricalSocietyofWinters

Sat Aug-29 - Scaffolding down! #WintersParticipationGallery #WintersMuralClass #WintersHistoryMural #WintersMural2020 #WintersHistoricalMuralProject