County history this week
March 24
— 1909 – The Jamestown Institute of Hydrotherapy, known as a “water cure” facility, opened.
— 1936 – World-famous violinist Jascha Heifetz performed in Jamestown at 8:30 p.m.
— 1958 – New faces and hands were installed on the St. Luke’s tower clock in Jamestown.
March 25
— 1898 – Oscar Rice murdered his wife in Westfield.
— 1909 – The Jamestown Metal Furniture Company factory was completed.
— 1945 – Busti Bethany Lutheran Church merged with Bethel Lutheran Church of Jamestown.
— 1968 – The first exhibit room at the Fenton Historical Society was opened, following the earlier opening of its library.
— 1987 – Part of the Frewsburg Middle School roof collapsed.
— 1995 – A triple-fatality shootout occurred on the Seneca Cattaraugus Reservation, just over the Erie County line.
— 1999 – The George Washington inaugural Bible was displayed in Jamestown, returning again on October 17, 2003.