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Chautauqua County Represented at Battle of Gettysburg
2013 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). To commemorate the anniversary of what many consider the most important battle to ever take place in the Western Hemisphere, we spent July 1 through July 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged 154th NY Volunteer Infantry, 1st Minnesota Infantry, 4th U.S. Artillery, 72nd NY Volunteer Infantry, 8th Florida Volunteer Infantry, 9th NY Cavalry, A Day in the Life, Adaline Bliss, Adolph von Steinwehr, Alfred Pleasonton, Alonzo Cushing, Alpheus Hodges, Amos Humiston, Andrew A. Humprhey, Ashville, Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin J. Coffin, Byron A. Wiggins, Cadmus Wilcox, Charles Foss, Charles R. Coster, Civil War, Daniel B. Allen, Daniel E. Sickles, Daniel L. Bourke, Dennis Snyder, Dunkirk, Eliott Homer, Forestville, Frank C. Cave, Frederick Platte, Frederick Schreiner, Fredonia, George F. Hankin, Isaac C. Strain, James A. Cyrus, James W. Bird, Jamestown, Joel M. Bouton, John Buford, John F. Reynolds, John Gibbon, John Higler, John Leonard, John S. Austin, Jubal Early, Lewis Bishop, M. B. Cheney, Michael Gonnelly, Oliver Howard, Peter Kennish, Sickle's Excelsior Brigade, Sinclairville, Surendus A. Godfrey, T.C. Devin, Third Excelsior, Thomas Holland, Thomas Horan, W. A. Scranton, Westfield, William Bliss, William H. Lovell, William Harrow, William J. Colvill Jr., William R. Brewster, William Sackett, Willliam Moore, Winfield Scott Hancock
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The Sheridan Train Accident of 1893
On December I5, 1893 a frightful railroad disaster occurred on the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad at Herrick’s Creek, two miles east of Dunkirk. The rain and melting snow had raised the water in the creek so that it … Continue reading
Chautauqua County Historical Society Announces 2012 Event Schedule
Pulitzer Prize Winner to highlight lecture series (Editor’s Note: This post was updated on May 8, 2012 to reflect a change in date and time for Dr. Alan Taylor’s lecture. It will now take place Saturday, June 16 at 1 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Speaker Series, Alan Taylor, Antique Show, Battle of Lake Erie, Bemus Point, Bemus Point Historical Society, Book and Paper Show, Brig Niagara, Canadaway Creek, Chautauqua County Historical Society, Civil War Reenactment, Dunkirk, Dunkirk Lighthouse, Eason Hall, Erie Maritime Museum, Falconer, Falconer Park, Fredonia, Fredonia Opera House, Gary Lash, Holiday Open House, James O’Brien, Jason Sample, Lawson Boat Museum, McClurg Museum, Natural Gas, Pulitzer Prize, Thomas Miller, War of 1812, Westfield, Westfield's 9th New York Cavalry
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Bicentennial Biographies – No. 191 – 195
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, N.Y. featuring Samuel Hopkins Adams (Dunkirk), Loren and Walter Sessions (Clymer and Panama), Victor Rice (Mayville), Pauline G. Stitt (Frewsburg) and Katherine Bement Davis (Dunkirk). Originally broadcast on local radio stations Oct. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abner Lewis, Cataract and the Western Temperance Standard, Congressman, Dunkirk, Dunkirk Academy, Edith Sessions Tupper, Frewsburg, Katherine Bement Davis, Loren Sessions, Mayville, Panama, Pauline G. Stitt, Samuel Hopkins Adams, State Assembly, State Senate, Town of Carroll, Town of Clymer, Town of Harmony, Victor Rice, Walter Sessions, Warren G. Harding
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Katherine Bement Davis – Bicentennial Biography No. 195
Katherine Bement Davis was born in Buffalo, New York on January 15, 1860 to Oscar and Frances Freeman Davis. Her mother was a strong proponent of women’s rights and a zealous advocate for women’s suffrage. Katherine and her family lived … Continue reading
Samuel Hopkins Adams – Bicentennial Biograpy No. 191
Samuel Hopkins Adams was born January 26, 1871 in Dunkirk, the son of Minister Myron Adams and Hester Rose. Hopkins entered Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1887. From 1891 to 1929, he was a reporter for the New … Continue reading