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County history this week

January 13

— 1838: Seven prisoners escaped from the Chautauqua County jail in Mayville during the night.

— 1872: The Dunkirk Library Association was formed, fostering literacy and education in the region.

January 14

— 1925: Early graves were discovered on West 7th Street in Jamestown, remnants of a cemetery thought to have been relocated in the 1870s.

— 1929: A dynamite bomb exploded in a restroom at City Hall in Jamestown.

— 2000: The Green Party of Chautauqua County held its first meeting, though no branch currently exists.

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