The Story of Cooperstown - Ralph Birdsall

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Three-Mile Point A. J. Telfer 282 The Call for the Indignation Meeting 284 The Cooper Screens in Christ Church F. D. Coleman 293 At Fenimore Cooper's Grave Alice Choate 297 Samuel Nelson, LL.D. 300 The Home of Justice Nelson C. A. Schneider 314 Nelson Avenue A. J. Telfer 320 Christ Churchyard, from the Rectory Alice Choate 327 The Cooper Plot, in Christ Churchyard A. J. Telfer 334 A Funeral in Christ Churchyard J. B. Slote 337 Main Street, Looking West from Fair Street, 1861 347 Fernleigh A. J. Telfer 357 Kingfisher Tower M. Antoinette Abrams 359 The Lake, From the O-te-sa-ga J. B. Slote 365 Fishermen's Shanties on the Frozen Lake A. J. Telfer 374 Hop-Picking Elizabeth Hudson 378 Map of Otsego Lake Henry L. Eckerson 381 The Susquehanna, near its Source A. J. Telfer 383 Leatherstocking Falls A. J. Telfer 387 Five-Mile Point A. J. Telfer 388 Mohican Canyon M. Antoinette Abrams 389 Gravelly Point A. J. Telfer 391 Bishop Potter A. F. Bradley 395 The Rectory C. A. Schneider 396 The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of New York A. J. Telfer 405 Byberry Cottage C. A. Schneider 407 The Clark Estate Office A. J. Telfer 409 The Lyric at Cooper's Grave J. B. Slote 420 Cooperstown, from Mount Vision A. J. Telfer 430 Map of Cooperstown H. L. Eckerson 432

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      The main street of Cooperstown traverses the village in a direction generally east and west. While the street and its shops are far superior to those of most small towns, the business centre, from which the visitor gains his first impression, gives no hint of the quaint and rustic beauty that makes Cooperstown one of the most charming villages in America.

      Following the main street toward the east, one reaches the original part of the settlement, and the prospect is more gratefully reminiscent of an old-time village. In summer the gateway of the Cooper Grounds opens a pleasing vista of shaded greensward, while the cross street which runs down to the lake at this point attracts the eye to a half-concealed view of the Glimmerglass, with the Sleeping Lion in the distance at the north.

      The historical associations of the village, from the earliest times, are centered in the Cooper Grounds. Within this space, when the first white man came, were found apple trees, in full bearing, which Indians had planted, showing an occupation by red men in the late Iroquois period. On these grounds the first white settler, Col. George Croghan, built in 1769 his hut of logs. During the Revolutionary War it was upon this spot that Clinton's troops were encamped for five weeks before their spectacular descent of the Susquehanna River. On this site William Cooper, the founder of the village, built his first residence, and afterward erected Otsego Hall, which later became the home of his son, James Fenimore Cooper, the novelist.

      The Cooper Grounds

      Beyond the Cooper Grounds, on the main street, the buildings seen on either hand belong to the earlier period of village history, except the Village Club and Library, which

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