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2016 County Historical Society Program Schedule Begins in April with Presentation on ‘The Year without a Summer’
WESTFIELD – The Chautauqua County Historical Society’s (CCHS) programming committee has finalized its 2016 Program Schedule with several unique lectures and events planned. Highlighting this year’s program schedule is a lecture on the 200th anniversary of The Year Without a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Johnston, Camp Onyahsa Lodge, Chautauqua Lake, Fletcher Ward, Gateway Train Station, Harmony Historical Society, Holiday Open House, Ice Harvesting, Jamestown Audubon Center, Jason Sample, John Berkley, Judy Wellman, McClurg Museum, Mount Tambora, National Train Day, Tom Erlandson, Trolley Car 93, Underground Railroad, Year Without a Summer
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Bicentennial Biographies – No. 91 – 95
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, N.Y. featuring William Seward (Westfield), Olive Risley Seward (Fredonia), Calista Jones (Jamestown), Horatio Brooks (Dunkirk) and Marion Dickerman (Westfield). Originally broadcast on local radio stations May 16 – May 20, 2011. Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alaska, Andrew Johnson, Brooks Locomotive Works, Calista Jones, Dunkirk, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fredonia NY, Holland Land Company, Horatio Brooks, Jamestown, Marion Dickerman, Olive Risley Seward, Suffrage, Town of Ellicott, Underground Railroad, Westfield, Westfield Academy, William Seward
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Bicentennial Biographies No. 71 – 75
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, N.Y. featuring Davis Hanson Waite (Jamestown), Clarissa D. Wheeler (Jamestown), John Murray Spear (Kiantone), Simeon Howes (Kiantone) and Oliver Willcox Norton (Sherman). Originally airing on local radio stations April 18 – April 22, 2011. Continue reading
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Tagged American Can Company, Chautauqua Institution, Civil War, Clarissa D. Wheeler, Colorado, David Hanson Waite, Female Seminary of Jamestown, George Pullman, Harmonia, Jamestown, John Murray Spear, Kiantone, Minerva Free Library, Norton Hall, Oliver Wilcox Norton, Pennsylvania, Sherman, Silver Creek, Simeon Howes, Spiritualism, Taps, Town of Hanover, Underground Railroad, Wisconsin
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Bicentennial Biographies No. 61 – 65
A collection of bicentennial biographies from Chautauqua County, N.Y. featuring Henry Rouse (Westfield), Francis Brewer (Westfield), Bainbridge Colby (Bemus Point), Oliver Smith (Jamestown) and Simeon Clinton (Arkwright). Originally airing on local radio stations April 4 – April 8, 2011. Continue reading
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Tagged Abram Dixon, Ann Ahlstrand, Arkwright, Ashville, Bainbridge Colby, Bemus Point, Francis Brewer, Harvey Smith, Henry Rouse, Jamestown, Jewett Smith, Mark Twain, Oliver Smith, Panama, Ransom Smith, Rouse Home, Samuel Seward, Simeon Clinton, Sinclairville, Theodore Roosevelt, Town of Ellery, Underground Railroad, Westfield, William Peacock, William Seward, Woodrow Wilson, World War
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Bicentennial Biographies No. 33 – 35
A collection of biographies from Chautauqua County, featuring Heman Bush (Busti), Elial T. Foote (Jamestown), and Silas Shearman (Jamestown). Continue reading