June 12, 1883 marked an important epoch in the history of St. Helena, reported the St. Helena Star. “It was the birthday of a new enterprise, the date when gas was first introduced and it was made a ...

After Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he was exiled to St. Helena, one of the world's most remote inhabited islands. He spent the rest of his life there, isolated ...

This is a story about great wealth that ended up in early 20th-century St. Helena and built the mansion that today is the centerpiece of the Alila Napa Valley hotel. The wealth was created by John ...