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1848
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- George P. Colby born
- Advent
of Modern Spiritualism
|
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1875
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- Colby came to Florida |
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1876
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- DeLand, FL founded |
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1879
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- Lily Dale Spiritualist Assembly organized in New
York |
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1880
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- Colby filed homestead for 74.4 acres |
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1883
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- Lake Helen, FL founded
- Stetson University founded in Deland, FL
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1893
|
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- National Spiritual and Liberal Association
organized at DeLeon Springs, FL |
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1894
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- Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting
Association formed |
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1895
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|
- Florida "Freeze of 1895" |
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1897
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- Cassadaga dedicated a new 400-seat auditorium |
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1902
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- Association's receipts equaled $1,559.58,
expenditures equal $1,559.58,
indebtedness of Association
less than $2,000
- Brigham Hall erected
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1909
|
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- Association receipts equal $3,402.34, expenditures
equal $1,517.53 |
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1910's
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- Association had 3 deep rock wells drilled |
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1918
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- Conflict erupts over the selection of the Board of
Trustees |
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1922
|
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- Association receipts equal $8,339.31,
expenditures equal $7,031.36 |
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1923
|
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- Colby Temple constructed |
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1926
|
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-
Cassadaga Hotel destroyed by fire |
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1928
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- Rebuilt
Cassadaga Hotel opened |
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1933
|
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- George Colby died
- Association sold Cassadaga Hotel
|
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1938
|
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- First issue of THE CASSADEGAN published |
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1939
|
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- Board required all mediums working on grounds to
register with Association |
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1944
|
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- Association considers reorganizing as a membership
organization |
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1947
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- Lacking a quorum, annual meeting closed without
handling any new business |
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1958
|
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- Association receipts equal $8,577.97, expenditures
equal $9,352.45 |
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1968
|
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- Board carried motion that any new stock
issued would have
"non-transferrable" placed on
certificate |
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1970
|
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- Board approved assessing each house $1 per month
to raise revenue for
Camp maintenance |
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1971
|
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- Resolution passed banning mediums from using any
object or machinery in
their practice |
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1982
|
|
- Two scientists test mediums to learn if their
brain waves during a trance
differed from normal non-trance
brain activity |
|
1989
|
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- Smith et al v. Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist
Camp Meeting Association:
Appellate Court affirmed the
Association's status as a membership organization |
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1992
|
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- Cassadaga
Spiritualist Camp receives designation as a National
Historic Site |
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1994
|
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-
Camp celebrates its Centennial |
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1997
|
|
- "Spirit of Cassadaga"
photographic exhibition opens |
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2000
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-
Publication of "Cassadaga: The South's Oldest
Spiritualist Community"
by University of Florida Press |
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2009 |
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- Renovation and expansion of Bookstore |
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2010 |
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-
Opening of Julia Slater Museum |
