To appreciate fully the recreational possibilities in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, one should recall the Ice Age. Near the end of the Pleistocene epoch, thousands of years ago, the lake was formed by a large block of ice that melted and filled in a depression in the land. Down the street from the lake, a reminder of Conneaut Lake’s prehistoric origins can be found at the Conneaut Lake Historical Society Museum. Visitors can view the fossilized remains of a woolly mammoth plucked from the lake in 1958. An ancestor of the elephant, the creature lived about 10,000 years ago. Humans made their mark on local history, too, as Iroquois Indians enjoyed the benefits of abundant fish and wildlife at Conneaut Lake. More recently, its deep, cold waters allowed the lake to remain frozen late into spring, which made it a vital source of ie before the advent of mechanical refrigeration. An annual festival at Conneaut Lake celebrates this chapter in the borough's history. A few yards away, a coffee shop on a busy main street gives visitors and residents a commanding view of the lake. For the young at heart, to the north, is Conneaut Lake Park, which has a long history of fun attractions.
00:11 - EXPLORING PENNSYLVANIA
00:12 - BOROUGHS IS PAID FOR IN PART BY
00:14 - THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
00:16 - ASSOCIATION OF BOROUGHS.
00:25 - WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF EXPLORING
00:26 - PENNSYLVANIA BOROUGHS. I'M CHRIS
00:28 - CAP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE
00:29 - PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION
00:30 - OF BOROUGHS EACH MONTH VISIT
00:32 - COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE
00:33 - ABOUT THE HISTORY CULTURE IN
00:34 - PROGRESS TAKING PLACE. TODAY
00:37 - WE EXPLORE CONNEAUT LAKE BOROUGH, IN
00:38 - CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS DYNAMIC
00:40 - COMMUNITY PARALLELS THE
00:41 - SOUTHWEST SHORE QUIETLY.
00:43 - THE LARGEST NATURAL LAKE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
00:46 - TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE
00:47 - ARE DRAWN TO NEWLY RESTORED
00:48 - FIREMAN'S BEACH AND I CELLS
00:49 - PARK WHICH PLAY HOST NUMEROUS
00:51 - COMMUNITY EVENTS.
00:53 - WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS TOUR OF
00:54 - ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S MANY
00:55 - GREAT OR COMMUNITIES.
00:59 - I WANT YOU TO HAMPTON
01:00 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
01:01 - CRAWFORD COUNTY CONVENTION AND
01:03 - VISITORS BUREAU AND WHERE IS
01:05 - CONNEAUT LAKE PEARL.
01:06 - CONNEAUT LAKE IS NESTLED IN
01:09 - NORTHWEST, PENNSYLVANIA.
01:11 - A BEAUTIFUL CHARMING TOWN AND
01:13 - WHAT IS THERE. WE HAVE SO MANY
01:15 - THINGS TO OFFER IN THE BOROUGH.
01:17 - BUT THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT
01:19 - THE COUNTY FOR ALL IS COMING
01:21 - APRIL IS WHERE IT IS LOCATED.
01:23 - IT IS LOCATED ON HISTORIC RATE
01:25 - 6 WHICH IS THE GRAND ARMY OF
01:27 - THE REPUBLIC. IT IS ALSO THE 12
01:30 - HERITAGE PARK FOR THE STATE OF
01:31 - PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS ALSO CRAWFORD LAKE LENS
01:35 - SCENIC BYWAY AND IT IS A
01:37 - HERITAGE COMMUNITY. SO
01:40 - YOU AS YOU CAN SEE TOURISM IS A
01:42 - PLAYS A VERY HUGE ROLE HERE IN
01:44 - THIS CONNEAUT LAKE RESORT AREA
01:47 - AND CONNEAUT LAKE BOROUGH TOURISM
01:49 - EACH YEAR BRINGS IN HUNDREDS OF
01:52 - THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO THIS
01:53 - BEAUTIFUL RESORT AREA. AND
01:56 - THEY'RE CHARMING TOWN. THE
01:58 - CHILD WILL TELL HAS WELCOMED
01:59 - THE SHOPS, COFFEE SHOPS WHERE
02:02 - YOU CAN GO IN THE MORNING TO
02:03 - GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOUR
02:05 - FRIENDS. AND YOU THE LAKE.
02:07 - NO MOTIVE THAT THERE'S
02:08 - LAKEFRONT DYING WHERE THEY HAVE
02:10 - ENTERTAINMENT IN MUSIC'S
02:12 - OUTSIDE. SO YOU CAN SIT AND
02:13 - HAVE A PERFECT VIEW OF THE
02:15 - LAKE. IT ALSO HAS WINERIES
02:17 - DISTILLERY WHERE THEY CAN DO
02:19 - TOURS AND WINE TASTING FOR YOU.
02:21 - COUNTY LAKE IS NOT ONLY
02:23 - HISTORICALLY THAT IS ALSO
02:25 - ONE OF THE LARGEST GLACIER
02:27 - LAKES IN THE STATE OF
02:28 - PENNSYLVANIA. IT HOLDS TO STATE
02:31 - OFFICIAL RECORDS WITH
02:32 - SANDY BEACHES. IT HAS KAYAKING
02:35 - BOAT LAUNCHES IT HAS BOAT
02:37 - RENTALS IT HAS FOR YOU
02:39 - ACTIVITIES. AROUND THE LATE.
02:42 - AND THAT'S WHAT'S A FABULOUS
02:44 - ABOUT PLENTY OF LAKE. NOT AND
02:46 - DOES THIS PLAY IS FAMOUS FOR
02:48 - ITS FISHING AND VOTING.
02:50 - THIS ALSO FROM ICE HOUSE PARK
02:53 - WHICH SITS RIGHT ON CALLING IT
02:55 - LATE EXCELLENCE YOU. BUT WHAT'S
02:57 - GREAT ABOUT ICEHOUSE PARK.
02:59 - THERE ARE CONCERTS
03:00 - FEATURED THERE WHERE YOU CAN GO
03:02 - OUTSIDE AND ENJOY AN OUTDOOR
03:05 - CONCERT AND FROM THERE. THEY
03:07 - HAVE AN 18 VOTE SHOW WHICH
03:09 - BRINGS IN HUNDREDS OF AND TO
03:11 - VOTE HERE AND THEN THEY HAVE A
03:13 - PADDLE FEST WHICH YOU CAN DO
03:15 - YOUR KAYAKING AND FOLLOWING
03:17 - THOSE EVENTS IS THE FALL
03:19 - PUMPKIN FEST THE FULL PUMPKIN
03:21 - FEST PUTS IT SPRAY RIGHT
03:22 - THROUGH CONNEAUT LAKE BOROUGH,
03:24 - HUGE PARADE, WHICH ENDS UP AT A
03:27 - LOCAL AMUSEMENT PARK. THE
03:29 - 30,000 PEOPLE GO THERE PER
03:31 - SEASON TO SEE THE HUGE HOW CAN DROP VENDORS
03:36 - AND THAT BRINGS SO MUCH
03:38 - ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THIS
03:39 - COMMUNITY. ALSO WHAT THEY HAVE
03:42 - HERE. AFTER THE FALL PUMPKIN
03:43 - FEST THEY HAVE HOW BUT RIGHT TO WATCH THE
03:47 - CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT UP ALL
03:49 - AROUND CONDIT LATE. IT IS A
03:51 - FEATURE RIDE THAT FEATURES
03:52 - BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS ALL
03:54 - AROUND THE LAKE WHEN THE LAKE
03:56 - IS NOT FROZEN. AFTER THE
03:58 - LAKE FREEZES FISHING
03:59 - TOURNAMENTS FISHING TOURNAMENTS
04:01 - ICE OFFICIAL TOURNAMENTS ARE
04:02 - FAMOUS HERE. O WELL ALSO FAMOUS
04:06 - HERE AT ICEHOUSE PARK. WHAT
04:08 - YOU HAVE IS THE ICEHOUSE PARK.
04:11 - ICE FESTIVAL FEATURING
04:14 - ICE CARVERS CARVINGS WE USE IT.
04:18 - FOOD ALSO THING TO DO FOR YOU
04:21 - HERE ICONIC MAKE BORROW WHAT WE
04:24 - HAVE HERE IS FROM RELAXATION ALL FOR YOU.
04:28 - WE WELCOME YOU TO COME HERE
04:30 - BECAUSE HERE YOU KNOW WHAT
04:32 - YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING YOU'RE
04:33 - GOING TO BE CREATING MEMORIES
04:35 - THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
04:38 - A HIGH ON BILL ELDRIDGE AND A
04:40 - MEMBER OF THE CONNEAUT LAKE
04:41 - BOROUGH COUNCIL TODAY WE ARE AT
04:43 - ICEHOUSE PARK. THIS PARK
04:46 - A MAJOR DEPARTURE POINT
04:47 - FOR BOATS AND A BOAT CRUISE YOU
04:49 - CAN SEE A PARTY BOAT HARBOR J
04:51 - BEHIND ME AND ALSO WE HAVE A
04:54 - NICE EVENT SPACE YEAR WE OFTEN
04:55 - HAVE CONCERTS HERE OR PUBLIC
04:57 - GATHERINGS. OTHERS COMFORTABLE
04:59 - BENCH, SEATING HERE.
05:01 - AND IT'S JUST NICE PLACE TO
05:02 - COME IN AND SEE THE LAKE AND
05:04 - IT'S THE BEGINNING OF OUR
05:05 - DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ACROSS THE
05:07 - STREET. WE HAVE A A SOCIAL CLUB
05:09 - FIRE HALL. A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
05:11 - TO THE EAST WE HAVE A WINERY
05:13 - KIND SO WAS WONDERING AND WE
05:15 - HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES LET ME
05:16 - TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OUR
05:17 - BOROUGH. WE ARE A SMALL BOROUGH
05:19 - WITH A LITTLE OVER
05:20 - 600 POPULATION AND THE
05:22 - SUMMERTIME IT IS THE POPULATION
05:24 - DECREASES IN THE WINTERTIME WE
05:25 - HAVE 7 BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS
05:27 - AND THE MAYOR, WE HAVE A JOINT POLICE FORCE
05:30 - WHICH WE SHARE WITH OUR ADJOINING TOWNSHIP
05:33 - WE HAVE A VERY MODEST BUDGET WE
05:36 - ARE THE DOWNTOWN FOR THE LARGER
05:37 - LAKE AREA WHICH INCLUDES TO THE
05:39 - TOWNSHIPS. SO THIS IS DOWNTOWN
05:41 - FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EVEN LIVING
05:43 - IN THE BOROUGH FOR THAT REASON
05:44 - ISIS PARK HERE
05:46 - IS A HAS A COMMANDING VIEW OF
05:48 - THE LAKE IF YOU LOOK YOU CAN
05:49 - SEE 3 MILES DOWN THE WHOLE
05:51 - DISTANCE DOWN THE LATE WE HAVE
05:53 - A GREEN SPACE HERE WHICH IS
05:54 - USED FOR A NUMBER AND
05:56 - GATHERINGS WE JUST RECENTLY HAD
05:58 - THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 20
05:59 - COUNTRY BAND CONCERT HERE IN
06:01 - THIS PART AND IF YOU
06:02 - CAN IMAGINE THAT BAY BEHIND ME
06:04 - A FILLED WITH BOATS IN THE
06:05 - GREEN SPACE FILLED WITH CHAIRS
06:07 - PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE ARMY
06:08 - BAND, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT
06:09 - AND WE REALLY ARE IN THE HEART
06:11 - OF DOWNTOWN THAT'S WHAT'S
06:12 - UNIQUE ABOUT OUR BOROUGH
06:13 - IS THAT WE ARE ON THE LAKEFRONT
06:15 - AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF
06:16 - THE DOWNTOWN RIGHT HERE.
06:18 - WE ALSO HAVE A FREE DOCKING
06:20 - FOR ONE HOUR AT THE DOCKS BEHIND ME SO THAT
06:22 - WE WOULD ATTRACT PEOPLE ON THE
06:23 - LAKE TO COME TO OUR DOWNTOWN
06:25 - BUSINESSES AND PATRONIZE THE
06:27 - STORES AND BUSINESSES THAT
06:28 - WE HAVE SO FAR MS. BEACH PARK
06:30 - WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WE JUST HAD
06:31 - A MILLION UPGRADE LAST YEAR TO
06:33 - THE PARK. WE NOW HAVE A
06:34 - LAKEFRONT PROMENADE A FOOT WIDE
06:36 - SIDEWALK THAT RUNS THE WHOLE
06:37 - WAY DOWN THE LAKE WE HAVE NEW
06:39 - BOAT DOCKS DOWN THERE WE HAVE A
06:41 - PUBLIC LAUNCH IF YOU WANT TO
06:42 - COME AND LAUNCH YOUR BOAT HERE
06:44 - LAUNCHES DOWN THERE. WE HAVE A
06:46 - PUBLIC SWIMMING BEACH DOWN
06:47 - THERE. WE HAVE A CONCESSION
06:49 - STAND. WE HAVE A VERY
06:51 - INTERESTING SCULPTURE LIFE-SIZE
06:53 - SCULPTURE OF THE WOOLY MAMMOTH WE ARE
06:55 - PRESENTLY BUILDING A BRAND NEW
06:56 - TAKING SHELTER IN A NEW
06:57 - PLAYGROUND WHICH WE DONE WITHIN
06:59 - 30 DAYS THAT WILL BE THE
07:00 - CULMINATION OF A TWO-YEAR
07:02 - EFFORT TO TOTALLY REBUILD THE
07:03 - PARK AND IT'S A IT'S QUITE AN
07:05 - ATTRACTION PREDICT THE WHOLE
07:06 - ENTIRE AREA. SO HERE WE ARE IN
07:09 - OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT
07:10 - WE'VE JUST COMPLETED ONE AND A
07:11 - HALF MILLION DARK.
07:13 - STREETSCAPE INC WHEN WE HAVE
07:14 - NEW SIDEWALKS THE STREETLIGHTS
07:15 - NEW PAVING NEW LINED THE
07:17 - STREETS. AND WE HAVE A VERY
07:19 - VIBRANT DOWNTOWN FOR SMALL
07:20 - BOROUGH WE HAVE RESTAURANTS
07:22 - HERE WE HAVE BANKS WE HAVE A
07:23 - HARDWARE STORE. THERE'S A POST
07:25 - OFFICE NEARBY. AND THERE'S A
07:27 - CONVENIENCE STORE ANYTHING YOU
07:29 - WOULD NEED IS RIGHT HERE AGAIN
07:30 - THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN FOR THE ENTIRE
07:32 - LAKE AREA AND SO WE'RE VERY
07:34 - PROUD OF OUR MODERN OUR RECENT
07:35 - UPGRADES THAT OUT.
07:37 - HI MY NAME IS MARIA
07:38 - CALIFORNIA, I'M AN OWNER OF A
07:40 - COFFEE CAFE IT'S A LITTLE
07:41 - COFFEE SHOP IN DOWNTOWN
07:42 - COUNTY LAKE. WE LIKE TO REFER
07:45 - TO IT AS A BEAUTIFUL.
07:47 - THE K SHUN AREA.
07:48 - SO THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN HERE
07:50 - ABOUT 6 YEARS WE SERVE ALL SORTS OF COPIES.
07:53 - BREAKFAST PASTRIES ALL OF
07:54 - OUR PASTRIES COOKIES MUFFINS
07:56 - CHEESECAKES ARE ALL MADE IN
07:58 - HOUSE, WE SERVE LUNCHES DINNERS
08:00 - ON OCCASION TO A LOT OF
08:01 - CATERING WHICH IS REALLY COOL IN
08:03 - THE AREA, WE'RE LOCATED RIGHT
08:04 - AT THE CORNER OF COUNTY LAKE
08:06 - YOU CAN SEE IT OUTSIDE OF OUR
08:07 - WINDOWS IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HUE.
08:09 - LAST YEAR THEY DID AN AMAZING
08:12 - PROJECT RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR
08:13 - DOORS, THEY REDID ALL OF THE
08:14 - SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS NE
08:17 - DID SOME BEAUTIFUL STREETSCAPES
08:18 - THAT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
08:20 - IT'S REALLY NICE WALKING AREA,
08:21 - THERE'S A FEW BUSINESSES RIGHT
08:22 - DOWN THE STREET FROM US ALL
08:24 - OWN LOCALLY. SO THEY DID SOME
08:26 - BEAUTIFUL STREETSCAPE LAST
08:28 - YEAR'S COUNTY LIKE
08:30 - THEY REDID ALL OF OUR LIFE
08:32 - HOLES AND PUT A FLAG POLES WE
08:34 - DID THE SIDEWALKS ALL THE
08:35 - ENTRANCES TO THE MEAN
08:36 - BUSINESSES IT'S REALLY COOL.
08:38 - THEY'VE DONE SOME AMAZING
08:39 - GARDENS AND A WALKWAY AROUND
08:41 - PART OF THE LAKE TO GET TO
08:42 - FIREMAN'S BEACH. SO THAT'S A
08:43 - PRETTY COOL THING.
08:45 - EVERY FEBRUARY THEY DO A PRETTY
08:47 - COOL ICE HOUSE EVENT.
08:49 - I DON'T KNOW I THINK LAST YEAR
08:50 - THERE IS AROUND 60 OR 70
08:52 - STATUES EVERYTHING FROM 2 FEET
08:54 - TALL DAY 8 FOOT TALL WHICH IS A
08:56 - PRETTY FULL DESTINATION IN THE
08:57 - MANNER, I KNOW AROUND HERE.
08:59 - IT GETS A LITTLE LONELY AND
09:00 - TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO
09:01 - IN THE COUNTY WHETHER SO THAT'S
09:02 - ALWAYS COOL CHECK US OUT.
09:04 - I'M DIANE DOMINIC.
09:07 - I HAVE A PHD IN THE HISTORY AND
09:10 - THEORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE.
09:13 - AND I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER NOW
09:15 - AN ADVISOR TO THE BOARD OF
09:16 - PRESERVATION PENNSYLVANIA,
09:18 - WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION HAD
09:20 - HEADQUARTERED IN HARRISBURG.
09:23 - WHEN I MOVED BACK TO THIS AREA.
09:26 - IN 2004. I GOT VERY MUCH
09:29 - INVOLVED WITH PRESERVING
09:31 - CERTAIN STRUCTURES BOTH IN
09:32 - MEADVILLE AND HERE IN COUNTY
09:34 - LAKE. I LIVE BETWEEN THE
09:36 - 2 CITIES WHEN I HEARD THAT THIS
09:40 - STRUCTURE WHICH
09:41 - WAS BUILT IN 1864. IT WAS THE
09:44 - 3RD CHURCH OF THE
09:46 - SECOND PRESBYTERIANS OR THIS IS
09:49 - CEDAR PRESBYTERIANS
09:50 - WHO HAD STARTED HERE ABOUT
09:53 - 1799. THE BUILDING WAS UP FOR
09:55 - SALE, THERE WAS NO INTEREST BY
09:58 - THE VENDOR TO PRESERVE IT.
10:00 - AND THERE WAS TALK OF IT BEING
10:02 - ACTUALLY TORN DOWN. FORTUNATELY
10:05 - WE FOUND.
10:07 - I DID SOME HISTORY THE BUILDING
10:09 - AND WROTE ABOUT IT. FOR
10:11 - PRESERVATION PENNSYLVANIA.
10:13 - WE FOUND A BENEFACTOR.
10:15 - AND HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING FROM
10:18 - THE CHURCH WHO HAD MOVED TO A
10:19 - NEW STRUCTURE SOUTH OF COUNTY
10:21 - AT LAKE AND DONATED IT TO
10:24 - THE BOROUGH. SO NOW IT IS THE
10:26 - BURNING BUILDING. THIS IS THE
10:29 - ORIGINAL SANCTUARY OF THE CHURCH.
10:32 - THE STAIN GLASS WINDOWS WHICH
10:34 - VERY IMPRESSIVE WERE INSTALLED.
10:37 - THE ORIGINAL 1864, WHICH IS
10:39 - STILL IN THE BUILDING.
10:40 - THE 1920 NOES LONG
10:43 - AND ARE NOW INSTALLED IN THE
10:44 - NEW CHURCH SOUTH OF THE OF
10:46 - THE BOROUGH. SO THE SANCTUARIES
10:49 - HERE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING
10:50 - PLACE TO AVAILABLE
10:52 - TO ALL. DOWNSTAIRS IS NOW
10:55 - DEDICATED TO THE BOROUGH
10:56 - COUNCIL ROOMS OFFICES, THE
10:59 - WATER AUTHORITY FOR THE BOROUGH AND ALSO
11:04 - THE OFFICE ONE OF 3 OF THE
11:07 - LOCAL STATE REPRESENTATIVE
11:09 - PARKE WENTLING THE ORIGINAL
11:11 - CHURCH WAS IN MEMORIAL PARK.
11:14 - IT WAS SHARED BY THIS SECOND
11:16 - PRESBYTERIANS OR THE SO-CALLED
11:18 - SAYS CEDARS THEY WERE THE
11:20 - MORE CONSERVATIVE ARM OF THE
11:22 - SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
11:25 - AND THE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE
11:26 - WITH THIS RELIGION WITH WITH
11:28 - THIS DO NOMINATION WHERE
11:30 - SCOTT'S IRISH WHO HAD COME FROM
11:33 - OTHER PLACES IN EUROPE. EVEN
11:35 - FRANCE THOUGH SHE KNOWS.
11:39 - THROUGH LONDON WHO CAME TO WENT
11:41 - TO NORTHERN IRELAND AND THEN
11:43 - CAME HERE AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY.
11:49 - THEIR FIRST CHURCH WAS SHARED
11:50 - BY THE REGULAR OR FIRST
11:53 - PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THEIR
11:55 - GROUP AND THE METHODIST WHO HAD
11:57 - ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES BY THIS
11:59 - BY ABOUT 1800.
12:04 - OUTGREW LONG STRUCTURE.
12:07 - AND THE SHOW IT'S FAMILY WHO
12:09 - ARE SWISS CHILDREN KNOWS BUT
12:11 - HAD COME AS PART OF THIS.
12:14 - CEDAR OR CONSERVATIVE PRESBYTERIAN GROUP.
12:21 - TO THE EAST OF THE VILLAGE ON
12:22 - THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SOUTH END
12:25 - OF THE LAKE.
12:26 - AND THE SECOND STRUCTURE WAS
12:28 - BUILT THERE BY THE CONGREGATION
12:30 - ABOUT 1830. AGAIN THEY EXPANDED.
12:37 - THE LAKE VIEW CEMETERY IS
12:38 - ATTACHED TO THAT ORIGINAL
12:40 - CHURCH. THERE'S ALSO A VERY OLD
12:42 - HOTEL ON THE GROUNDS
12:46 - SUPPLIED FOOD TO SOMETIMES TO
12:48 - THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH OVER
12:49 - THERE. BUT TYPICALLY OF
12:51 - THESE CONSERVATIVE. A
12:53 - PROTESTANT. THEY DID NOT HAVE A
12:56 - CROSS-SHAPED I'LL PAD. IT
12:58 - WAS USUALLY 2 AISLES COMING
13:02 - FORWARD TO THE SANCTUARY.
13:05 - SO THAT IT WAS NOT REFLECTIVE IN ANY WAY
13:08 - OF CATHOLIC PRACTICE.
13:10 - THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN
13:13 - CATHOLICISM WAS I'M STILL
13:16 - CONSIDERED THE ENEMY IF YOU
13:18 - WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY.
13:20 - THAT IT ALSO IS NOT ORIENTED
13:22 - TO AS A CATHOLIC CHURCH WOULD
13:24 - BE THE SANCTUARY ACTUALLY FACE
13:25 - SOUTH. NOT EAST.
13:29 - IT IT'S
13:31 - A STRUCTURE IN ITSELF AND WHAT
13:32 - WENT ON IN THE BUILDING WAS
13:34 - MORE IMPORTANT THEN SOME OF OUT OR SYMBOLS.
13:39 - IN 18 60 FOR THE CONGREGATION
13:42 - TO THE EAST OF THE VILLAGE
13:45 - OUTGREW THAT STRUCTURE WHICH
13:47 - WAS A PLAIN WOODEN STRUCTURE
13:49 - AND BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY ON HIGH STREET.
13:53 - TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH FOR
13:55 - THEMSELVES, WHICH THEY DID IT.
13:58 - HI I'M JANE CHALIAN YORK OF
14:00 - THIS TERROR AND THE KIND THEY
14:01 - CARRY HISTORICAL
14:02 - SETTING MUSEUM. THE LAKE WAS
14:04 - ACTUALLY HAD INDIANS HERE IN
14:06 - THE LATE 1700'S THAT WASN'T
14:08 - ACTUALLY FOUNDED UNTIL 1858
14:10 - WHENEVER EVANS FORMED A
14:11 - COMMUNITY HERE AND IT WAS NAMED
14:13 - EVANS BIRTH.
14:14 - LATER IT WAS CHANGED TO KANIA
14:15 - BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE TALKED
14:16 - ABOUT GOING TO LAKE
14:18 - COUNTY UP AND SO THAT BECAME
14:20 - COUNTY AT LAKE TOWN INSTEAD OF EVANS BERG
14:22 - WE CELEBRATE ASSESS WASN'T A
14:23 - NEW IN 2008. WE'RE HERE AT
14:26 - THE MUSEUM WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN
14:29 - 2003 AFTER THE STORY GOES
14:31 - SETTING THIS FORM IN 1999.
14:33 - THE BIG NEWS TO BE A COMMUNITY
14:35 - HALL WHERE IT WAS FOUNDED BY
14:37 - PHONE TEARS AS BILL BELL BY
14:38 - VOLUNTEERS IN 1931. IT BECAME A
14:41 - COMMUNITY HALL LATER A FIRE
14:43 - STATION. THE POLICE STATION
14:45 - AND THE WELL COUNCIL IS GOING
14:46 - TO TEAR DOWN IN
14:49 - 2003. AND WE BEG THEM TO SELL
14:51 - IT TO US FOR A DOLLAR AND WE
14:53 - REESTABLISHED AS A MUSEUM.
14:55 - AND TODAY THERE ARE PROBABLY
14:57 - ABOUT 5,000 THINGS ON DISPLAY.
14:59 - AMONG THE 39,000 THINGS THAT WE
15:01 - HAVE BEEN IN OUR ARCHIVES. AMONG THE ITEMS
15:04 - ARE ON DISPLAY SALUTING
15:05 - THE SECOND. A SPEED BOAT WHICH
15:07 - WITH SAFE TO COUNTY LAKE AND
15:09 - OBAMA QUITE LAKE IN 1922.
15:12 - AND WAS BROUGHT UP FROM THE
15:13 - BOTTOM IN 1985. IT WAS STILL IN
15:15 - GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE OF THAT COLD
15:17 - WATER FROM THE GLACIERS IN THE
15:19 - IN THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE.
15:20 - IT WAS RESTORED AND IS NOW ON
15:21 - DISPLAY AT A MUSEUM.
15:23 - WE ALSO HAVE ON DISPLAY THE
15:25 - LIMB AND WITH BONES THAT WERE
15:26 - FOUND IN COUNTY LAKE IN 1958.
15:29 - THERE ARE 14,000 YEARS OLD.
15:31 - IT WAS SENT TO CARNEGIE MELLON
15:32 - WHERE THEY WERE IDENTIFIED AS
15:34 - WILLIE MAMMOTH WE ALSO HAVE
15:36 - SOME ESSENDON BONES AND SOME
15:38 - OTHER BONDS ON DISPLAY.
15:39 - AMONG THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE
15:40 - HAVE ARE MANY THINGS FROM
15:42 - CURRENT LAKE PARK, WHICH OF
15:43 - COURSE IS KNOWN AS WELL KNOWN
15:45 - AS COUNTY LAKE IS ITSELF.
15:47 - PEOPLE FROM TRUMP IS FOR YOU TO
15:48 - SAY WE'RE GOING TO CON A A AND
15:50 - THEY STILL DO, BUT IT'S REALLY
15:51 - COUNTY LAKE PARK AND WE HAVE
15:53 - THINGS FROM THE EARLY DAYS
15:54 - THERE. WE ALSO HAVE THE
15:56 - ORIGINAL PIECE OF FIRE
15:57 - EQUIPMENT. THE HOSE DRAWN CART
16:00 - THAT WAS WHEN THE ORIGINAL
16:01 - PIECES OF FIRE EQUIPMENT.
16:02 - WE ALSO HAVE A VIDEO WHICH
16:04 - SHOWS A FIREMAN USING IT.
16:05 - BACK IN THE 1930'S. AND THE
16:08 - OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON
16:09 - THIS PLAYER. WE HAVE A NICE
16:11 - KITCHEN DISPLAY THAT WAS DONE.
16:12 - BUT SOME EARLY EXHIBITORS WITH
16:15 - WHICH FEATURES MANY OF THE OLD
16:16 - TYPES OF THINGS.
16:17 - THE BATH WATER, THE BUILD STOWS
16:19 - AND ALL THAT TYPE OF THING WE
16:21 - HAVE SCHOOL MEMORABILIA, YOUR
16:23 - BOOK SO THAT CLASS PICTURES AND
16:25 - VARIOUS PICTURES OF ALL THE
16:27 - DIFFERENT SCHOOLHOUSES WHICH IS
16:28 - A VERY POPULAR THING FOR PEOPLE
16:29 - COME IN AND SEE FOR THE KIDS TO
16:31 - SEE WHAT THEIR PARENTS LOOK
16:32 - LIKE IN SCHOOL. IT'S REALLY
16:34 - IT'S REALLY NEED FOR THEM.
16:35 - WE ALSO HAVE VARIOUS
16:37 - MEMORABILIA FROM ALL THE
16:38 - VARIOUS BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN
16:39 - TOWN BEFORE AND ALSO NOW.
16:42 - INCLUDING BURGER KING'S GARAGE,
16:44 - WHICH IS WHERE SHE WAS WHICH
16:46 - WAS APART THERE OUT
16:47 - FOR MEN BACK IN THE 50'S AND
16:49 - 60'S. WE HAVE JUST ABOUT
16:50 - EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK THAT
16:51 - WE HAVE BIG SIGNS THAT WERE
16:53 - HERE FROM THE DIFFERENT
16:54 - BUSINESSES FROM THE TOWNSHIP
16:55 - BUILDINGS. THE BINGO BOARD IF
16:57 - THEY USED TO PLAY THEY KNOW
16:58 - HERE WHEN THOSE OF FIRE
16:59 - DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN
17:01 - ANOTHER DISPLAY WHICH IS ABOUT
17:03 - THE PRIMARY ELECTION SYSTEM.
17:05 - THE PRIMARY ELECTION SYSTEM
17:06 - ACTUALLY STARTED HERE IN THE
17:07 - CLEAR LAKE AREA AND THE
17:09 - DEMOCRATS SAID THEY DID NOT
17:11 - LIKE WHO THE BOOK PARTY BUSES
17:13 - SAID NOMINATED. SO THEY FORMED
17:14 - A PRIMARY SYSTEM. SO IF YOU
17:16 - LIKE THE PRIMARY SYSTEM YOU CAN
17:18 - GIVE US CREDIT. IF YOU DON'T
17:19 - LIKE IT YOU CAN BLAME US.
17:21 - BUT AS FOR NUNBERG CLAIMS TO
17:22 - FAME HERE. WE HAVE MADE
17:24 - MILITARY EXHIBIT WITH THINGS
17:26 - INCLUDING A PARACHUTE. THOSE
17:28 - MADE INTO A WOMAN'S BLOUSE A
17:30 - VICTORY LAMP THAT WAS FROM WARD
17:31 - AROUND ALL KINDS. WE HAVE A MAP
17:34 - WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONCLUDED BEEN
17:36 - WHERE THEY SERVE
17:37 - WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF THINGS
17:38 - FROM THE HOTELS IT USED TO BE
17:39 - BIG IN THE AREA. AS WELL AS
17:41 - THE VOTES THAT THEY USED TO BE
17:42 - PARTY BOATS AND ALL THE BOATS
17:44 - AROUND THE LAKE BACK IN THE
17:45 - 1930'S 40'S AND 50'S BEFORE THE
17:48 - BOATS WENT OUT OF SERVICE.
17:49 - WE HAVE A BIG INDIAN DISPLAY.
17:51 - THE SHOW SOME OF THE HISTORY OF
17:52 - THE INDIANS IN OUR NATION.
17:54 - WE HAVE THE THE COPY OF THE DEA
17:56 - DID WHERE THEY BUT THE
17:58 - INDIAN LAND. THE COMMONWEALTH,
18:00 - BUT THE INDIAN LAND FROM THE 6
18:02 - NATIONS IN 1784. WE HAVE A
18:05 - COMPANY THAT DID WITH IT
18:06 - SIGNATURES OF ALL THE INDIAN
18:08 - CHIEFS ON WITH THEIR MARK WHICH
18:09 - IS REALLY NEED FOR THE SCHOOL
18:11 - KIDS TO SEE ALSO
18:12 - WE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE
18:14 - THAT YOU CAN THINK OF IT.
18:16 - TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAD THE
18:20 - SKI MOMENT SHAVING PILEUP LAKE
18:21 - PARK WE HAVE AN ORIGINAL DODGEM
18:23 - CAR FROM HIGHLAND PARK. ANOTHER
18:25 - GAME FROM KEYE LAKE PARK,
18:26 - VARIOUS MOVE AREA FROM THE PUT
18:28 - ON THE BEACH CLUB. FROM
18:30 - FREEMAN BALLROOM. WELL THE
18:31 - THINGS THAT WERE THE BIG THINGS
18:32 - IN CLEAR LAKE PARK AS WELL AS
18:34 - CONNEAUT LAKE TELL.
18:36 - AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OFFICE WITH
18:37 - THE RESEARCH MATERIAL. SO IF
18:39 - YOU'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION
18:40 - ABOUT SOMETHING YOU CAN FIND IN OUR OFFICE.
18:43 - THANK YOU FOR TAKING A TOUR
18:44 - CONNEAUT LAKE PLEASE JOIN
18:46 - US FOR THE NEXT EDITION NEXT
18:46 - POINT THAT'S WHEN YOU BOROUGHS
18:48 - WRITER ON PCN.