The First Bank in Chautauqua County
In 1831, Chautauqua County saw its first bank established. That was the year the Chautauqua County Bank at Jamestown applied for incorporation to the state legislature. According to Andrew Young in his...
View ArticleAre these from Sheridan, New York?
Found some old photographs with some other items. Information garnered from the collection indicates that these might be from Sheridan, NY. Anybody out there recognize these?
View ArticleWorld War II Portraits from Globe Studios in Jamestown NY Now Available Online
Do you have a relative (father, grandfather, uncle, etc.) from the Jamestown, N.Y. area who served in WWII? The Chautauqua County Historical Society has over 1250 portraits of local servicemen taken by...
View ArticleRecalling the 1893 Train Wreck in Jamestown, N.Y.
I was looking through some of the Chautauqua County Historical Society’s photo collection on trains [PDF] and came across two images depicting a train derailment that took place along the Erie Railroad...
View ArticleThe 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...
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