August 11

1826 – Stockton post office was established.

1893 – Fredonia Union School was organized.

1898 – Four stores were burglarized in Cherry Creek.

1905 – President Theodore Roosevelt visited Chautauqua Institution for the fourth and final time.

1959 – First jet aircraft (Air Force T-33) landed at the Jamestown airport.

2014 – Phil Donahue returned to Chautauqua Institution; Jay Leno also visited Jamestown the same day.

August 13

1834 – Philip Phillips, a world-renowned gospel singer known as the “singing pilgrim,” was born in Cassadaga.

1999 – Seatbelts became mandatory on local school buses.

August 14

1871 – Steamer Chautauqua exploded at Whitney’s Bay, killing eight–marking the worst disaster in Chautauqua Lake’s history.

1875 – President Ulysses S. Grant visited Chautauqua Institution.

1889 – Jamestown Business College was incorporated. It ceased instruction on February 28, 2025.

1936 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered an address at Chautauqua Institution.

1996 – Dedication of the Robert H. Jackson statue in Jamestown.

1997 – First meeting of the Chautauqua County Reptile Society held at Bethel Lutheran Church, Falconer.

1999 – First Babe Ruth 12-and-under softball World Series began in Jamestown.

2002 – New Jamestown ice rink was used for the first time at 2:30 PM.

August 15

1779 – A Revolutionary War skirmish occurred in Warren County, PA–the closest known military action to Chautauqua County.

1833 – The Ellington Christian Church was raised.

1846 – A school celebration in Ellery drew 2,000 attendees.

1848 – Oren Stoddard of Busti patented a self-protecting beehive to ward off moth infestations.

1877 – The white handkerchief salute tradition began at Chautauqua Institution.

1889 – Land was purchased for the Jamestown Driving Park.

1900 – First Rural Free Delivery (RFD) mail service began from Jamestown.

1953 – Radar speed gun was demonstrated for the first time in Mayville.