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APRIL 16
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.