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The First Oil Boom?

The petroleum boom following the news of Col. Edwin Drake's famous Titusville well and the riches it bestowed on some, inspired many people in surrounding areas, such as Chautauqua County, with interest, obsession, or lunacy. Local interest produced nothing tangible until the Jamestown Journal asked in a front page editorial in December, 1876, "Why can't we have an oil well in Jamestown as easily as in Warren or Bradford?"Things moved rapidly from that point. Horace Gifford, Alonzo Kent, Judson Breed, Jerome Preston, Anson A. Burlin and Samuel G. Love among other prominent Jamestown men ...

Physical Therapists Caution Pokemon Go Enthusiasts To Ease Into Game-Playing

Quickly becoming a global phenomenon, the popular mobile game Pokemon Go has given inactive Americans everywhere a reason to lace up their sneakers, head outside and leave their recliners collecting dust. But some physical therapists say not so fast. Though applauding game adopters for their renewed - or even first-time - interest in being physically active, physical therapists urge players to take it slow.The mobile-app-based game requires players to go out into the real world on foot to find and capture virtual Pokemon characters. A Slant Marketing survey found that 57 percent of ...

Streetlight People

With the 13th annual Local Music Showcase now in the books, and more than $9,000 raised for Infinity Visual and Performing Arts, the Jamestown community should be proud of itself.Heavy rain and strong winds weren't enough to deter hundreds of people flitting from one downtown establishment to another last Saturday in support of area musicians and the overarching cause to foster the instructional and educational development of young minds in the ways of music and other arts. Run-on sentence notwithstanding, this was a weekend to remember for all involved; and a perfect model for what we ...

Eighth Annual Bemus Point Fall Fest Begins Friday

BEMUS POINT - With the changing of the leaves comes the return of a community event in Bemus Point celebrating the coming fall season, this time with the involvement Chautauqua Lake's historic steamboat.The eighth annual Bemus Point Fall Fest will be held in downtown Bemus Point from Friday through Sunday, featuring special sales and discounts at many of its 12 specialty shops that are also serving as hosts for the event and a special appearance by the Chautauqua Belle during Saturday's festivities."We just heard from the owners of the Chautauqua Belle and they said they would be joining ...

Harmony To Host Annual Fall Fest, Bicentennial Celebration This Weekend

BLOCKVILLE - Harmony's Fall Festival will be set to the sounds of old-time bluegrass and Americana music as the town hosts its annual event celebrating the changing of the seasons this weekend.The live music lineup for this year's event will feature the Bonnie Loch Fiddlers, Old Dawg Bluegrass, Terraplane, and Picks and Hammers in a celebration of of the town's rural roots and storied history.The event, hosted by the Harmony Historical Society, will be held Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is being held in conjunction with the town's bicentennial celebration, which will be ...

Wondering About Wills And Such

Where there's a will, there's a ... will?I wonder.Filed with the wills of my wife and myself are "advance directives." They whether we want doctors and hospital staff to try to bring us back to life if we are clinically dead or nearly so.They also specify the people we have named to act for us if we are unable to act for ourselves in matters medical and financial.I prefer to not be resuscitated if I am in extremis. I have had a long and full life, and have no great fear of being dead. Actually, I "die" in one sense every night. Shakespeare called sleep our "little death," with good ...