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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.