History of Chautauqua County

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POSTCARDS & OLD PHOTOS

BOOK & MAGAZINE TRANSCRIPTIONS

COUNTY HISTORY

• A Chronology of the Formation of Towns in Chautauqua County - from the Chautauqua Genealogist.
• More Early Historical information - Submitted by Dee Davidson.
• Town histories - offsite link from Ray Brown
• Directory of County Officers
• Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office History
• Ellery Names & Places - from Loraine Smith
• Old Towns of Chautauqua County - from Loraine Smith
• Underground Rail Road [Map & Notes] - from Wendy Straight, Doug Shepard, and Matt Pietro

MAPS

• Holland Land Company Maps (NY Heritage)
• Early Mapping of Dunkirk (Essay) (Douglas H. Shepard, 2013)
  
• 1854 Chautauqua County Atlas (from Frank Della Posta)
• Jamestown, NY, "Jamestown Past and Present," 1856 (from Bonnie Covedill)
• Western New York State from an 1860 World Atlas (from Ruth Nichols) [Chautauqua County]
• French Creek , Chautauqua Co., NY Topographical Atlas, 1867
• Portland , Chautauqua Co., NY Topographical Atlas, 1867
• Frewsburgh, Chautauqua Co., NY Topopgraphical Atalas, 1881 (from Ward White)
• Chautauqua County, NY, 1913 by N.W. Gokey, (from Bonnie Covedill)
• Chautauqua County, NY, 1916 Wall Map, Rand McNally
• Cattaraugus County, NY, 1916 Wall Map, Rand McNally

NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC MARKERS

• New York State Historic Markers - From the New York State Museum and some More Markers.
• Local Markers submitted by GenWeb users.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Fun Facts, Firsts, Fables, & Famous Folks - Compiled by Donna Mills with additions from Chautauqua surfers.
• Famous People - Links to sites sent in by GenWeb users.
• The Sea Lion - from Randall Burt
• Chautauqua Shipwrecks - Compiled by David D. Swayze.
• The Hermit of Chautauqua Lake - Compiled by Loraine Smith.

WALKING TOURS

• Walking Tour of Westfield, NY - by Mary "Billie" Dibble

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

• Pioneers of Chautauqua County. Compiled by Donna Mills.
• Poorhouse History of New York State
• 1827 - Account Book of James & Charles Mark. Early Merchants in Fredonia, NY.
• 1852 - Poem about a boating accident on Cassadaga Lake, by W.W. Fisher.
• 1862 - Walker Diary by Elizabeth Walker
• 1869 - Boyd's Business Directory: Dunkirk - p. 304; Fredonia - p. 320; Jamestown - p. 355; Silver Creek - p. 493; Westfield - p. 580.
• 1873 - Chautauqua Course.  A program that offered secular and religious instruction.
• 1884 - Grove L Heaton stories of early Havover.
  
• 1900 - Postmasters of Chautauqua County before 1900. Submitted by Donna Mills.
• 1900 - 19th Century Fredonia Photographers - assembled by Douglas Shepard
• 1901 - Harmony Farmers Club 1901
• 1911 - Chautauqua County Society of New York City. Chautauqua County residents who moved to New York City.
• 1919 - Newton Memorial Hospital at Cassadaga.  A tuberculosis hospital.
• 1951 - Century Farms listing from the Jamestown Post-Journal
  
• 2010 - The Howard Brothers and Their Fredonia Enterprises - by Douglas Shepard
• 2011 - A Trip to Bull's Mill 1827 - Richard Hunt & Wendy Straight
  

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Updated 11 APRIL 2014