David Farragut – Hastings Historical Society

20 May 2010

Title: House Tour Preview: May Yohe – Hastings’ Glamour Girl

May 20, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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1900s, Collection

Hastings has rarely been as close to the international high life as it was at the turn of the century when the actress May Yohe lived here. This weekend, May 22nd & May 23rd bewteen 1 & 5, the house she spent several years in will be on the Historical […]

10 Aug 2009

Admiral Farragut: Legends of a Hastings Hero

August 10, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1860s, Collection, Reminiscences

Part II: I Sailed With Farragut

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (for more information about any photograph, click the image)
Last week’s post included several stories about David Glasgow Farragut’s early days in Hastings in 1861. But the reminiscences of Civil War times that were printed in the local papers in […]