Site of 2d match factory in
U.S., Eaton and Stanton owners
1845-50, 1st post office in
town 1807, Ivory Holland,
1st post master. — — Map (db m142402) HM
North Face Honor Roll Vietnam War
Fredrick Ackerman James Bolton Donald Harrington Randolph Holdredge David McLean William R. Cursh George H. Twist Charles R. Twist Richard Salamacha Alton Shillieto Philip Smith . . . — — Map (db m149078) WM
East Face
Honor Roll World War One
Burdick, Verne
Bennett, Hill
Bennett, Jay
Dutton, Vaughn
Greene, Harry
Griffith, Glen
Griffith, William
Richards, Earl
Sitts, Edward
Stickles, Emory
Shepherd, . . . — — Map (db m149107) WM
U.S. Army Corporal
Michael L. Mayne
1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team
5th Squadron 1st Cavalry Regiment
25th Infantry Division
Fort Wainwright, Alaska
KIA 23 Feb. 09 Balad, Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Lest We Forget
This . . . — — Map (db m149074) WM
★Toles, Donald T.
★Musson, Scott
★Moore, George N.
Angell, George Angell, Stanley J. Badger, Raymond H. Benedict, Gould H. Brewer, Charles R. Bushnell, Harry E. Carvin, Porter Church, Ernest N. Cook, . . . — — Map (db m307256) WM
Cherry Valley
Sacred to the memory
of those who died by
Massacre
in the destruction of this village
at the hands of the Indians & Tories
under Brant & Butler,
Nov. 11. AD. 1778
— — Map (db m154638) HM WM
The Cherry Valley Massacre of 1778
was led by British Captain Walter Butler
and Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant
on this strategically important
frontier settlement. — — Map (db m33655) HM
Built by Joseph Phelon as a private residence
for his daughter and her husband. They in
turn added onto the home so weary travelers
could spend the night. The building was given
to the Cherry Valley Historical Association
in 1959 by Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m144234) HM
Before the American Revolution, Cherry Valley was
one of the largest and most prosperous of New York's
western frontier settlements. In July 1778 they built
a new fort and brought in the 6th Massachusetts
Regiment to protect local residents . . . — — Map (db m144267) HM
Established in memory of the 42 victims
from Cherry Valley and all who served.
This marble monument was erected
and dedicated in 1870. Once located in the
intersection, it was moved
in the early 1950's. — — Map (db m93183) HM WM
Site of Reverend Samuel Dunlop's (one of Cherry Valley's first settlers) house where his wife and children were brutally killed in the massacre of 1778.
Reverend Dunlop was taken prisoner but released after a few days. Dunlop returned to Cherry . . . — — Map (db m208308) HM
"Roselawn", formerly known as the Belcher
Mansion, was the original site of the Hotel Eagle
which burned in 1866. The land was then
purchased by Susan Belcher and a house erected
out of limestone from the Campbell Quarry, as
limestone would . . . — — Map (db m144237) HM
Site of Rev. Samuel Dunlop's House Settled in 1741 Burnt in the Massacre Nov. 11 1778
His wife Elizabeth at the door holding an infant was shot down in cold blood by Walter Butler's Tories and Indians on that day
Nearby at the left stood . . . — — Map (db m209316) HM
Original site of John Lindesay's farm. Then the Wells Homestead where the first assault of the massacre occurred. (Mr. Wells was married to Reverend Dunlop's daughter).
Judge Hudson built Willow Hill in 1794. Joseph Phelon purchased Willow . . . — — Map (db m207987) HM
Built 1907. Cost $200,000. Flooded 600 acres; Supplied hydroelectric power for the Otsego & Mohawk Trolley Line and nearby villages. — — Map (db m98149) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. c. 1835 — — Map (db m254541) HM
Culture Abounds
"If New York City had as many museums per capita [as Cooperstown], it would have 15,564 instead of a mere fifty, which just proves how much more cultured is life up in the country" - Louis C. Jones, director of the New . . . — — Map (db m226152) HM
The Baseball Connection
"I am at [a] loss how to get verification of my statements regarding the invention of base ball." - Abner Graves, originator of the Doubleday myth, 1905
Abner Graves reported to the Mills Commission, created . . . — — Map (db m226148) HM
On July 4, 1827 both free and once-enslaved people of color celebrated emancipation in New York at this church with speaker Hayden Waters. — — Map (db m169506) HM
Founding Families
"I explored the country and meditated upon the spot where a place of trade or a village should afterwards be established" - William Cooper, A Guide to the Wilderness, 1810
William Cooper relocated his . . . — — Map (db m226156) HM
Indian Agent - Land Speculator
Lived in Pioneer Log House
Located Here 1769-1770.
General James Clinton's
Headquarters Here 1779.
— — Map (db m43351) HM
Nature's Splendor
"We've got to calling the place the 'Glimmerglass,' seeing that its whole basin is so often fringed with pines, cast upward from its face; as if it would throw back the hills that hang over it" - James Fenimore Cooper, . . . — — Map (db m226155) HM
Indian remains excavated in this field were reburied in 1874 at the base of this mysterious mound.The tablet, with poem by the Rev. W.W. Lord was placed over the remains by Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark in 1899.
"The wide land which now is . . . — — Map (db m98406) HM
On This Site Stood
Otsego Hall,
Bvilt By William Cooper,
The Fovnder Of Cooperstown, in 1798.
The Home Of
James Fenimore Cooper
Where He Lived From 1834
To The Day Of His Death
September 14th, 1851.
Destroyed by Fire in . . . — — Map (db m121197) HM
Bountiful Lands
"The [hop] crop was perhaps never larger in this county. We congratulate our Farmers on their good fortune." - The Freeman's Journal, November 5, 1852
Farmers have come to Cooperstown for centuries to . . . — — Map (db m226149) HM
Federalist
Stone Mason: James Allen
Carpenter: Cyrenius Clark
William Cooper's wedding gift to his daughter Ann and George Pomeroy, druggist.
Under the east eaves, stonemason James Allen
placed their initials: G.A.P.C. (George, . . . — — Map (db m190751) HM
Site of the First
National Baseball
Hall of Fame Induction,
June 12, 1939
* * * * *
Attended by
Grover Alexander, Ty Cobb,
Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson,
Nap Lajoie, Connie Mack,
Babe Ruth, George Sisler, Tris Speaker, . . . — — Map (db m190749) HM
Left Side:
2006
Otsego County
Ronald Tiderengal Superintendent of Highways
George Pataki Governor
Thomas Madison NYS DOT Commissioner
Earth Tech Engineer
Tioga Const. Inc. Contractor
County Road 52
Susquehanna Avenue . . . — — Map (db m253345) HM WM
34-36 Pioneer Street
Tunnicliff Inn
1802
Federal Townhouse Style
The Tunnicliff Inn was built by Lawrence McNamee and used as a general store for many years. It is one of the oldest brick structures on the village.
Cooperstown . . . — — Map (db m162464) HM
☆
Erected in lasting memory
of the Cooperstown area
men and women who served
in their country's wars
···
They gave their today
for our tomorrow — — Map (db m258848) WM
Erected by
the People of Cooperstown
In Honor of All Who Served
In Memory of Those Who Fell
1917 - World War - 1918
In Memory Of
Harry J. Andrews F. Clifford Bliss Robert G. Cobbett
Joseph A. Coleman James Fenimore Cooper . . . — — Map (db m258850) WM
In honor of the men from Cooperstown who served
their country during the World War
1917 1918
Alotta, Pietro Alotta, Salvatore Arnold, Robert R. Arnold, Lynn John
Atwell, Floyd J. Basinger, George A. Bliss, Howard A.B. . . . — — Map (db m258925) WM
This monument is
erected to the
memory of
Gen'l James Clinton
Born 1736 died 1812
& marks a point on
the line of march
of his troops from
Mohawk River to
Otsego Lake in
Jvne 1779
General James Clinton
Chapter DAR . . . — — Map (db m42494) HM
The Hyde Hall Covered Bridge was built in 1825 as part of the 1817-1835 construction of George Clark's country estate, Hyde Hall. Built by Cyrenus Clark, Andrew Alden, and Lorenzo Bates, this 53-foot-long, single span structure incorporates the Burr . . . — — Map (db m123261) HM
The Town of Worcester (pronounced WUS-ter) occupies 47 square miles in the southeastern corner of Otsego County, New York, in the divide between the Hudson and Susquehanna watersheds. It was a Mohawk Indian hunting ground when Palatines began . . . — — Map (db m314670) HM
Founded 1922, home of C.H. Chesebrough by Florence J. Chesebrough RN, pioneer in Down Syndrome education. The Otsego School became Pathfinder Village in 1980. — — Map (db m230318) HM
Opened on July 29, 1980 with seven houses and a school. Known as the world's only community dedicated to people who have Down Syndrome. — — Map (db m230921) HM
Ackerman, Roger · ★Aylesworth, Carl · Barrell, Clare · Bemnnington, Willard · Bice, Leverne · Blanchard, Robert · ★Burleson, Robert · Caulder, Catherine · Chase, G. Benjamin · Chase, Lee B. · Chase, Paul · Chase, William · Chase. . . . — — Map (db m149059) WM
The famed aviatrix boarded here in August 1924 while giving flying lessons in Frankfort. She read to Arrie Hecox under an apple tree. — — Map (db m206146) HM
Site of North & Denio Co.
ca. 1850-ca. 1880. harnessed
Oaks Creek to power factory
making hay forks, hammers,
and other farm implements. — — Map (db m168670) HM
Early 1900s named by locals
to honor the geese which
residents proudly marched
three miles to the annual
county fair in Cooperstown — — Map (db m253280) HM
David Shipman, Ca. 1729-1813
Burial site of local hunter known by & inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper's literary character. — — Map (db m164041) HM
Gilbertsville, NY has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m169661) HM
Hartwick Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2013
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m148968) HM
“In honor and memory of
those who answered
the call to the colors
of our country”
Dedicated Memorial Day 1949
Site donated by Grace Brownell Beach — — Map (db m149128) WM
Old Hartwick Village Cemetery
Has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2013
by the United States
Department of Interior
— — Map (db m314816) HM
Built in 1790 - 1792
as Butterfield's Tavern
by Captain James Butterfield,
Revolutionary War soldier.
National Register of Historic Places
United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m148805) HM
1839, served first Lutheran theological school in U.S. founded by pioneer Pastor J.C. Hartwick 1797, located in this community 1816. — — Map (db m170155) HM
Civilian Conservation Corps.
Camp SP-11 Company 212
1933-1941
Gilbert Lake State Park Laurens, N.Y.
Dedicated this 4th day of August 1985 to the
memory of those young men of the Civilian
Conservation Corps who lived and worked at . . . — — Map (db m149019) HM
A few yards south of this stone stood
John Sleeper's log-house
- built in 1774 -
pillaged by Seneca Indians
Nov 12-14, 1778.
200 yards N.N.E. from here stood his
grist-mill of 1775-78.
Joseph Brant, the Mohawk Chieftain,
was often here on . . . — — Map (db m148884) HM
In Clarksville, now known as Middlefield, the first schoolhouse was
erected about 1807 nearly opposite the Baptist Church. Two other early
public school sites have been documented. By 1870, the growing community needed a larger building and . . . — — Map (db m163755) HM
Middlefield Hamlet
Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1985
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m163770) HM
Dedicated to all
veterans, men and
women, through
peace or war. Their
memories will never
die. They brought
honor and freedom
to our country
and promise to
our dreams. — — Map (db m163846) WM
Settlement at Middlefield began in the 1790's on the Outkout, or Long Patent.
In 1734, the Patent had been conveyed to George Clarke, Lieutenant Governor
of New York. Named Clarksville until 1819, the Middlefield hamlet developed
on the east . . . — — Map (db m163779) HM
Burials as early as 1807.
Cemetery Assn. incorp. 1894.
Early Milford residents,
veterans of Revolutionary War
and later wars interred here. — — Map (db m258815) HM
Rivers and streams flowing southward make this area a part of the great Susquehanna River Valley. Early fur traders from the Mohawk Valley dealt with Indians as far away as Oquaga(Now Windsor). Large colonial land grants were obtained by George . . . — — Map (db m98343) HM
In Memory Of Those from Milford
Who Served in the Second World War
[Killed in Action]
Alton Cornish Robert Redman Henry Spargo
[Missing in Action]
James E. Colburn
[Prisoner of War]
Harold Georgia
[Honor Roll of . . . — — Map (db m258820) WM
In memory of the men of Milford
who gave their lives in the World War
and in honor of those who served
[Honored Dead]
Howard L. Turner Ford E. Eckler Elmer Genter
Fred H. Hall James Fuhri Howard W. Wright
Asa G. Strong . . . — — Map (db m258819) WM
Baronet, humanitarian, noted
doctor, from Sapperton, Eng.
Introduced vaccination in
America in Philadelphia in
1799. Died, Morris, Mar. 1857 — — Map (db m144271) HM
Silver Lake District #7
Last existing in Pittsfield
First located on Co. Rte. 18
12 districts formed
Early 1800's - Closed 1936 — — Map (db m225875) HM
The pieces of original tract below commemorate Oneonta's railroad heritage and the Oneonta Trolley car system that once traveled up Broad Street to meet Main Street at this spot.
This Main Street Plaza is dedicated to all citizens who have worked . . . — — Map (db m169665) HM
Brick passenger station
built in 1892. Served the
Delaware & Hudson Railroad.
Passenger service to Oneonta
ceased in January 1963.
— — Map (db m316004) HM
Site of Stone Mansion (1841-1929),
Reputed stop on The Underground
Railroad. Home of Eliakim Reed
Ford (1797-1873), Abolitionist,
Investor, & Local Business Owner.
— — Map (db m309202) HM
Built in 1920 by Riley Warren. First national car dealership owned and operated by a woman, Beatrice Warren Blanding, philanthropist. Razed 2023. — — Map (db m277063) HM
Old Delaware & Hudson Caboose,
The Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen Union first met and
Organized in this car in 1883.
Dedicated & Installed 1924.
— — Map (db m302667) HM
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