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Chautauqua was founded in 1874 by inventor Lewis Miller and Methodist Bishop John Heyl Vincent as a teaching camp for Sunday-school teachers. The teachers would arrive by steamboat on Chautauqua Lake, disembark at Palestine Park and begin a course of Bible study that used the Park to teach the geography of the Holy Land.
Chautauqua Lake is located entirely within Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The lake is approximately 17 miles (27 km) long and two miles (3.2 km) wide at its greatest width. The surface area is approximately 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ).
Chautauqua (/ ʃ ə ˈ t ɔː k w ə / shə-TAW-kwə) is a town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York. [4] The population was 4,009 at the 2020 census. [2] The town is named after Chautauqua Lake. It is the home of the Chautauqua Institution and the birthplace of the Chautauqua movement. [5]
A year later, Rushdie, blinded in one eye by the assault, is recovering from the attack. The Chautauqua Institution is recovering, too. For a single, unthinkable moment last summer, the Chautauqua ...
The Lewis Miller Cottage is a historic house at Whitfield and Vincent Avenues, on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institute in Chautauqua, New York. Built in 1875, it was the residence of Lewis Miller, co-founder of the Chautauqua movement. [4] It was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 21, 1965. [2]
Palestine Park is a scale model of the Holy Land, including cities, hills, rivers, and seas, in approximately correct geographical relation on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. Palestine Park is laid out along the southwestern side of Chautauqua Lake, which takes the place of the Mediterranean Sea. This creates a ...
This high-precision instrument is subject to harsh winter conditions from the snowbelt downwind of Lake Erie. It is generally considered to be an outdoor symphonic organ. [attribution needed] The instrument was installed in 1907 and given to the Chautauqua Institution by Eliza A. Massey in memory of her husband, Hart Massey. During the ...
Chautauqua is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Chautauqua in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. It corresponds to the area of the Chautauqua Institution, a historic district, adult education center, and summer resort on the southwest shore of Chautauqua Lake in far western New York. The permanent residential ...