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Over 100 People Attend Lecture by Dr. Alan Taylor
More than 100 people came to the Dunkirk Lighthouse on Saturday, June 16 to hear a lecture by Dr. Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize winning author and professor of history at UC Davis. Taylor spent nearly an hour discussing the War … Continue reading
Pulitzer Prize Winner to Speak on War of 1812 in Dunkirk June 16
WESTFIELD, N.Y. – A Pulitzer Prize winning author will be making a stop in Chautauqua County this weekend to discuss the War of 1812. Dr. Alan Taylor, who currently is a professor of history at the University of California, Davis, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Speaker Series, Alan Taylor, CCHS Speaker Series, Dunkirk Lighthouse, War of 1812
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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. 36 – 40
A collection of biographies from Chautauqua County, featuring Royal Keyes & William Breed (Jamestown), James McClurg (Westfield), Patrick Falconer (Falconer), William Broadhead (Jamestown), and Asahel Burnham (Arkwright)… Continue reading
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Tagged Abner Hazeltine, Adam Cobb, Almet Broadhead, Arkwright, Asahel Burnham, David Eason, Dexterville, Dunkirk Allegany Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, Edward Work, Falconer, James McClurg, Jamestown, John Breed, Joseph Turner, Kennedy, Lucy Cobb, Martha Hallock, McClurg Mansion, Patrick Falconer, Robert Falconer, Royal Keyes, Sheldon Broadhead, Sinclairville, Town of Busti, War of 1812, Westfield, William Breed, William Broadhead, William Falconer, William Hall, Worksburg
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Seth Cole – Bicentennial Biography No. 24
Seth Cole was born in Chesterfield, Mass. in the 1756. He served in the Revolutionary War and married Celia Sampson in Chesterfield in the early 1790s. Cole came to the area with his family in 1805 from Paris, N.Y. and settled at the mouth of Canadaway Creek… Continue reading