The harbor we now know as Barcelona played a prominent role in the early settlement and development of Chautauqua County, beginning with improvements by the Holland Land Company and continuing with federal appropriations aimed at improving navigation on Lake Erie. For nearly 40 years in the 1800s, Barcelona was one of the busiest communities in […]
Town of Hanover Historian Vince Martonis has been researching and collecting pottery vessels and sherds since the 1980s. He has had a particular interest in three Chautauqua County Potteries: the Caleb Mathews Pottery of Gerry, the Fenton and Whittemore Pottery of Jamestown and Fluvanna, and the Haven and Kenyon Pottery of Sheridan. Martonis will discuss […]
Cemetery monuments play an important role in society. They not only honor the deceased, but they also connect us to our past in a tangible way that helps preserve our cultural identity. In fact, the letters, numbers, and symbols carved into these stones are often the only public, physical record of the deceased’s lifetime and […]
