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- noun A place in the state of New York where people go over in the summer for vacation to enjoy artistic events.
- noun A kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks.
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A brief article here on cougar sightings in Chautauqua County, NY.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Richard Marvin, as Supreme Court Justice, then residing in Chautauqua county but brought up as a Dryden boy, was assigned to hold a term of court at Ithaca.
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Richard Marvin, as Supreme Court Justice, then residing in Chautauqua county but brought up as a Dryden boy, was assigned to hold a term of court at Ithaca.
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The Chautauqua is a kind of entertainment museum music 90 91
Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8 Lewis M. Terman
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The Chautauqua is a form of improvised history theater that features solo performances followed by interactive question/answer sessions - one "in character" and one "out of character."
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"Chautauqua" has been suggested, and also the lot back of the "White House" in Washington, D. C.
Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul Anna Bishop Scofield
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By a natural process of evolution, adapting itself to other environments and uses, the backwoods camp-meeting has grown into the "Chautauqua" assembly, which at so many places besides the original center at Chautauqua Lake has grown into an important and most characteristic institution of American civilization.
A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 1868
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If there is enough snow, you can head to any of the local hiking areas such as Chautauqua, Sanitas and Betasso.
BCBRdaily Monique Cole 2009
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Additionally, Mrs. Kindberg said the exhibit fits in with the "learning center" vision the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau has been developing for the region, a branding of the area based on its agencies and organizations such as Chautauqua Institution, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute and the Fenton History Center.
Post-Journal 2009
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The dates for the conference, titled “Storm on the Horizon: Slavery, Disunion and the Roots of the Civil War,” are Feb. 16 in Washington, at the National Museum of American History; Feb. 18-19 in Colonial Williamsburg; and Aug. 21-27 in Chautauqua, NY.
One conference, three locations Linda Wheeler 2011
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