The Greene County Historical Society is hosting a free program Sunday that features an organization, of which one of the city of Jefferson park’s received its namesake.

Historical Society Member Mikki Schwartzkopf will present on the Jefferson Chautauqua Association. This organization ran from 1901 to 1930 and brought in several speakers to the tent at the location of where the Chautauqua Park is now in Jefferson. Nationally prominent individuals included a Major League Baseball pitcher of Billy Sunday to a farm visionary Henry Wallace, that would give Greene Countians insight into what was going on across the country and the world. 

The Jefferson Chautauqua Association also sold stocks so they could buy more chairs and tents for their programs. 

The free program will be at 2pm at the historical museum in Jefferson, a