The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was founded in 1905 by Hugh MacRae as a grape growing community and he sought out Italian immigrants to come to Pender to grow grapes and make wine, St. Helena was advertised in Europe and the message would come to America and get a 10 acre farm and it is named after for Queen Elena
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1 historic place in St. Helena
1 place in St. Helena is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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