County history today
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1836 – Jamestown Academy was chartered as a private secondary school.
1878 – Fredonia Grange #1 was organized, becoming the first Grange in New York State.
1900 – Charles Matteson opened a meat market in Busti.
1948 – The Busti Baptist (Federated) church house burned.
1999 – Chautauqua County experienced its first anthrax scare in Dunkirk.
2003 – Ethan Allen furniture plant in Mayville closed its doors.