Chautauqua
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Chautauqua is an adult education and social movement in the United States that began in 1874 and peaked in popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spre
Cover of a 1917 promotional brochure
Postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Chautauqua.
Advertisement for the 1906 Tent Chautauqua at Clay Center, Kansas
Racine, Wisconsin Chautauqua presentation under a tent, July 14–23, 1911. Photo by Wright Photo.
Chautauqua, New York
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Chautauqua is a town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York. The population was 4,009 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Chautauqua Lake. It is the home of the Chautauqua In
Chautauqua
…it is typical of America at its best." Several Chautauqua assemblies continue to gather to this day, including the original Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. In 1874, Methodist Episcopal minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller organized the New York Chautauqua Assembly at a campsite on the…
Stereoscopic view of Simpson Avenue