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County History this Week

June 1

-- 1829 - The Barcelona Lighthouse was officially put into operation.

-- 1869 - The Holland Land Company legally ceased to exist.

-- 1871 - Railroad track was laid from Dunkirk to Sinclairville on the Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railroad.

-- 1981 - Franciska Safran, later a noted SUNY librarian, arrived at the Amsterdam Archives, initiating the documentation of Holland Land Company records.

June 2

-- 1826 - First Baptist Church of Sinclairville was organized.

June 3

-- 1805 - Joseph Ellicott received permission to name Mayville after his wife's maiden name, May.

-- 1889 - The Gerry Home for Orphans was first occupied; it is now The Village at Heritage Ministries.

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