Sample Chapter - Fountain Park Chautauqua
Sample Chapter - Fountain Park Chautauqua
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Title of Marker:
Fountain Park Chautauqua
Location:
Fountain Park Chautauqua central grounds, CR 1600 S, 0.3 mile west of US 231, Remington. (Jasper County, Indiana)
Installed by:
Erected 1992 by Indiana Historical Bureau and Fountain Park Chautauqua
Marker ID #:
37.1992.1
Marker Text:
Fountain Park has been the site of annual Chautauqua sessions since 1895. The Chautauqua continues to promote traditional values and the religious, social, and educational activities upon which it was founded
Brief History by the Author
Popular in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, Chautauqua’s were events that sought to deliver top quality entertainment, culture and education. The Merome Bluff Chautauqua brought this movement to Indiana on the banks of the Wabash River.
Chautauqua Movement
Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and businessman Lewis Miller organized the first Chautauqua event in New York on the banks of Chautauqua Lake. The event featured speakers, musicians and other entertainers as well as lecturers of various topics. In an era of limited transportation and communication, the events provided valuable educational and entertainment opportunities to an America hungry for both. The rise of the automobile, which expanded transportation opportunities, and radio, which enabled people to listen to music and culture at home, ended the Chautauqua movement before the middle of the Twentieth Century.
Fountain Park Chautauqua
Bank of Remington President Robert Parker purchased the property in 1893 from a Kokomo glass factory. Parker planned for this to be a permanent facility. He had constructed a tabernacle and restaurant. In 1898, the summer hotel was constructed and is still in use. The Fountain Park Chautauqua still runs in mid-July and is open to the public. For information, contact:
Fountain Park Chautauqua
6244 W 1600 S
Remington, IN 47977