The Diary: Pan American Expo

	The Diary:


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	Far out on Chautauqua's tranquil waters, rested several yachts; their
	occupants patiently waiting for the silvery fish to  " bite ".
	As the train sped on we had a wider view of the Lake: seeing the
	steamers passing and repassing, churning their way thro' the foaming,
	sparkling waters; swift little steam launches sounding their shrill
	whistles to the echoing hills, and beyond, the green hills roll away
	in the distance.

	        A brief relations of the history of Chautauqua Lake and County:
	" Chautauqua, was found by La Salle, the great French explorer, more
	than 200 years ago.  Probably in search of a connecting water route
	from the Canadian French possessions to those on the Gulf of Mexico,
	he had journeyed by canoe, skirting the shore of Lake Erie, until he
	came to what is known as Barcelona Harbor, some 8 miles to the north
	of the lake.From thence by portage, following the windings of Chaut.
	Creek, he must have emerged on the eminence near Mayville, with a
	fine view over the lake, And so he and his brave companions launched
	their birchen barks and set out to conquer the wilderness of Chautau.

	Time went on.  The Indian continued to fish in the waters.  Finally, the
	white man came to jostel elbows with the reds and it was not long
	before the ring of the ax was heard in the forest and the crash of
	falling trees;  sunlight streamed into places wihich had hither to been
	deep in the shade.  Time and work went steadily forward, the white
	continued to increase in strength and aggressiveness, the red to
	demininsh.  The forests began to dissappear and great patches of green
	and white and brown came into sight, until the rolling hills every
	whereshowed green and brown and golden, and the conquering of the
	forest had become a fact.