Chautauqua Co NY History - Vol 1,2,3

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History Of
Chautauqua County, NY
And Its People
In Three Volumes
475 + 316 + 375 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
Published 1921
By John P. Downs
- Bonus -
Historical Sketches
Of the Town of Portland
Comprising Also
The Pioneer History
Of Chautauqua County (NY)
458 pages, Searchable
Published 1873
By H. C. Taylor
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Chautauqua County was created by partition of Genesee County on 1808-03-11. This partition was performed under the same terms that
produced Cattaraugus and Niagara Counties. The partition was performed for political purposes, but the counties were not properly
organized, so they were all controlled as part of Niagara County.
On February 9, 1811, Chautauqua was completely organized, and so its separate government was launched. This established Chautauqua as
a county of 1,100 square miles (2,848.99 square km) of land. Chautauqua was never altered.
The region was first settled in 1804. The Town of Portland was founded in 1813 from the Town of Chautauqua. Subsequently, the town was
reduced in size to form two new towns: Ripley (1816) and Westfield (1829).
Communities and locations in Portland
Brocton – The Village of Brocton. Nearby is a New York State Correctional Facility, Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility.
Greencrest – A lakeside hamlet on the Lake Erie shore in the northeast part of the town.
Green Hills – A hamlet on the shore of Lake Erie.
Lake Erie State Park – A lakeside park in the northeast part of the town.
Portland – The town government is located in this hamlet, located on Route 20 west of Brocton.
Skinner Switch – A location west of Portland.
Van Buren Point - A hamlet on the Lake Erie shore in the northeast part of the town, east of Greencrest.
Vineyard – A hamlet northwest of Brocton.
West Portland – A hamlet on Route 20 near the west town line.
CONTENTS - History of Chatauqua Volume I
Chapter I — Geography, Topography, Geology, Climatology I
Chapter II — The Mound Builders ; Ancient Remains 8
Chapter III — Origin of the Name Chautauqua 10
Chapter IV— The Destruction of the Eries 12
Chapter V — Brodhead's Expedition 16
Chapter VI — Later Indian Wars, Occupation and Treaties 23
Chapter VII — The Frontier Period, 1802-1805; Early Settlers; Foundation of Towns 26
Chapter VIII — The Pioneer Period; War with Great Britain; Customs of the People 34
Chapter IX — The Early Farming Period, 1825-1835; Development of the County; Industries; Amusements .. 42
Chapter X — The Early Farming Period, 1835-1851 ; the Holland Company; Under the New Constitution;
Progress of Education 50
Chapter XI — The Agricultural Period, 1851-1861 ; Early Railroads; Spiritualism and Mormonism ; Discovery
of Oil 56
Chapter XII — The Agricultural Period, 1861-1875; Development of Grape Culture .. 65
Chapter XIII — Close of Century, 1S75-1902; First Use of Natural Gas; Jamestown Incorporated as a City;
Electricity introduced as a motive power; the Prendergast Library; New County Buildings; Lakeside
Assembly: Improvement of Dunkirk Harbor; Soldiers of the Revolution; Burning of Fredonia Normal
School ; Origin and Character of the People 70
Chapter XIV — Opening of the Twentieth Century; the County Redistricted ; New Court House; Military
Reunions 91
Chapter XV — Opening of the Twentieth Century, continued; the County redistricted; Death of Obed Edson 105
Chapter XVI — Towns: Arkwright, Busti, Carroll, Charlotte, Chautauqua, Cherrv Creek, Clymer 115
Chapter XVII— The City of Dunkirk 143
Chapter XVIII— Towns : Ellery, Ellicott 154
Chapter XIX— The City of Jamestown 162
Chapter XX — Towns : Ellington, French Creek, Gerry, Hanover, Harmony 170
Chapter XXI— Towns : Kiantone, Mina, Poland, Pomfret, Portland 201
Chapter XXII— Towns : Ripley, Sheridan, Sherman, Stockton, Villenova, Westfield 225
Chapter XXIII— Chautauqua County To-day ; Statistics 247
MISCELLANEOUS
The History of the Holland Land Purchase, Lieut.-
Comdr. W. H. Faust, U. S. N 252
The Press of Chautauqua County, Frederick P.
Hall and Edward L. Allen 271
Books, Libraries and Authors, Lucy Tiffany Hen-
derson 281
Chautauqua County Libraries, Lucia Tiffany Hen-
derson and Carlina M. Monchow 285
Some Men and Women Writers of Chautauqua
County, Mrs. Olive R. Schlender 290
Conservation of Fish and Game, Richard H. Hep-
pell
The United States Food Administration in Chau-
tauqua County, Clare A. Pickard 299
The Public Schools of Chautauqua County 310
Schools of Jamestown, Rovillus R. Rogers 315
Dunkirk Public Schools, Frederick R. Darling . . . 319
Public Schools of Fredonia, William B. Blaisdell. 322
Chautauqua Institution, Arthur E. Bestor 324
The Jamestown Board of Commerce 335
Dunkirk Chamber of Commerce, Jay T. Badgley . . 336
Manufacturing 336
The Medical Profession 338
Religion and Religious 341
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union 349
The Political Equality Movement 351
The Young Women's Christian Association, Jane
C. Banks 357
The American Red Cross 358
Women's Clubs 363
Patrons of Husbandry 364
Chautauqua County Banks, C. W. Herrick 367
Steamboats of Chautauqua Lake, T. Henry Black. 371
Political Chautauqua, Benjamin S. Dean 374
Municipal Activities, Mayor Samuel A. Carlson . . 382
Dental Surgery and Dentists, William E. Goucher,
D. D. S. 384
Patriotic Societies ; Mrs. Lucy Norton Shankland,
Marvin L. Clapp, Mrs. Lona D. Brown,
Lathrop L. Hanchett 386
Young Men's Christian Association 392
Retrospect of Music in and around Jamestown,
Gilden R. Broadberry 395
Development of Agriculture, John W. Spencer... 398
Chautauqua Farm Bureau 400
Chautauqua County Agricultural Corporation 401
The Grape Industry, Dr. C. E. Welch 402
The Swedish People, Charles A. Okerlind 403
Donald MacKenzie, King of the Northwest, Ernest
Cawcroft 406
"The Indian War," Theodore A. Case 409
The Underground Railroad, Albert S. Price 412
Old Inns and Taverns 413
Merchants of the Olden Time, W. H. Proudfit ... 417
Centennial Celebration 419
Lily Dale Spiritualist Assembly, Mrs. Clara Wat-
son 421
Bench and Bar 425
Chautauqua Lake and its Surroundings, W. A.
Bradshaw 429
Iron and Steel 430
Jamestown Business College 431
Public Utilities 432
Population of Chautauqua County 434
Fraternal Orders, John B. Shaw, John C. Mason,
Patrick S. Guinnane 435
Military History 447
(Also see reverse of this page).
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