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Let it rain, let it snow, let it soak Rain gardens boost water quality

The south up north Realtime Dixieland Band returns to bandstand

Publisher Fred Scheller

Herbal essence Beauty recipes from long ago

Editor Joanne Arbogast

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Save the seeds Wild Columbine (Wild Red Columbine)

Geology Day Trip Why does Cooperstown exist?

Business Directory Meet the locals

A statue of author James Fenimore Cooper, located in Cooper Park in Cooperstown, is seen on June 24.The statue, by sculptor Victor Salvatore, was installed in 1940. Cooper Park, adjacent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, was the site of Otsego Hall, the house constructed in 1798 by his father, Judge William Cooper.

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Let it rain, let it snow, let it soak

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A rain garden, with plants and a Japanese tree lilac, is seen on Main Street in Cooperstown on June 24.

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Rain gardens boost water quality

A good solid rain is a shower for the streets, washing them clean of crud and grime. But what drudge goes down the drain doesn’t disappear. Sediment, salt and pollutants can easily slip from roadways into waterways, spreading contamination as far downstream as the water takes it.

A fix is to filter. And Cooperstown has 37 of them. They’re called rain gardens.

You may not recognize them for what they are but they are in full view of

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anyone cruising through town. What you won’t see is what they can accomplish.

Reasonably deep “The tree pits on Main Street are actually bio-retention areas, otherwise known as rain gardens,” says Cindy Falk, deputy mayor of Cooperstown who also oversees the village’s streets and sidewalks. She has also been credited as the driving force behind the rain gardens which were installed between 2013-2015.

The “tree pits” are those odd sunken

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areas roped off by iron railing, lower than the road surface. “They have to be deep so that they can hold rain water that sheets off the surrounding impermeable sidewalk,” Falk explains.

The decorative railing has a logical purpose. They “are provided for safety, to ensure people cannot actually step into the sunken area,” she says. Their design, she adds, “picks up on the motifs in the iron fence just down the street at Cooper Park.”

The pits themselves are “collecting areas that gather storm water and allow it to slowly percolate into the ground,” Falk says, and as such, providing a natural filter slowly returning cleaner water to the water table.

Through this natural filtering, “storm water runoff and pollutants including salt, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment that harm Otsego Lake and the Chesapeake Bay watershed are reduced.”

Adding in the process are permeable asphalt and pavers. Permeable brick pavers are naturally porous due to the small gaps between them which allow rainwater to filter into the ground.

Currently no more rain gardens are planned. Falks says the reason is that “many of the places where work is currently talking place are not appropriate for this treatment: they are too narrow, too steep, or have grass along the curb line.

“Sod is a naturally permeable surface, so rain gardens are not as necessary in grassed areas as in areas where there is a lot of asphalt or concrete.”

That explains the “rain” part of the rain gardens. What’s in the pits is the “garden” part.

Plant paradox Cooperstown’s Main Street rain gardens incorporate 12 varieties of trees and determining what type of tree to plant and where involved a lot of thought.

“In selecting trees for the rain gardens, we paid attention to size (large trees would not be appropriate), affinity for potentially wet conditions, tolerance for road salt from snow plowing and whether trees would be placed on the sunny or shady side of the street,” Falk says. Also considered were spring or fall planting schedules, she says, as well as the “need for pruning and other maintenance, and absence of thorns, messy fruit, or other negatives for trees that are adjoining the pedestrian thoroughfare.

“We worked with our contractor to choose trees that included certain varieties of maples, oaks, elms, honey locusts, lindens, pears, and lilac trees.

To the extent possible, we hoped to use trees native to our area, but the harsh environmental conditions made that challenging and we looked to many cultivars,” she says.

“We worked with the Lake and Valley Garden Club to label the trees in the rain gardens so they can be easily identified.”

A rain garden, containing plants and a skyline honeylocust tree, is seen on Main Street in Cooperstown on June 24.

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In addition to trees, perennials – especially hostas – have been planted “to provide some visual appeal and to further slow and filter the water as it re-enters the ground,” Falk says. “We are very fortunate the Clark family provides hanging flower baskets to adorn the lamp posts on Main Street and we aimed to provide plantings (and trees) that would complement those flowering baskets.”

Tree trauma What you see is just a portion of what’s involved in creating a rain garden, and some of that can be costly and/or controversial.

“Sunken into the ground is a large, rect-

angular, bottomless concrete container that keeps the roots from the trees as well as the storm water from spreading to the sides and negatively affecting the sidewalk. Both the water and the roots are directed downward,” says Falk. “There is also special structural soil that helps trees and other plants to grow in a confined area. Then there are the trees and plantings, which we see above ground, and the railing.”

One of the biggest hurdles to overcome when the decision was made to install rain gardens was the necessity of removing the existing street trees.

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Those trees, says Falk, had root balls that were too high and too big to work with the sunken rain gardens.

“Removing the trees was not an easy decision,” she says. “Trees, especially mature tress, have lots of environmental benefits in regard to air quality, water quality, heating and cooling costs, energy consumption, and property values.

“Working with the village’s Tree Advisory Committee, we determined that many of the current street trees would have to be removed in the near future because they were nearing the

end of their lifespan.” That lifespan, she explains, is significantly reduced when a tree is planted in a confined area with concrete or asphalt on all four sides.

“Nevertheless,” she adds, “it was shocking when all the trees were removed.”

Despite all the work that has been involved, Falk is confident rain gardens are the way to go. The basic idea, she says, “is to find green solutions to infrastructure problems and in this case, how to address storm water and the pollutants it carries. The solution is fairly simple: let

rain water and snow melt, slowly soak back into the ground rather than directing it toward drains that empty into our lake and river.

“The rain gardens act as a natural filter, and their presence means that water is less likely to pick up pollutants from the roadway.”

She is confident the idea can spread.

“We hope people from other communities will see our rain gardens,” she says, “and carefully consider if bio-retention would be appropriate in their hometowns.” +

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While Cooperstown’s rain gardens are setups to admire, there are those who totally misconstrue their purpose.

“We have been surprised that people see the rain gardens and apparently think they would be the perfect receptacle for cigarette butts, tissues, gum and even spare change,” says Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk.

However, “we are very fortunate to have a dedicated group of volunteers led by resident Rich McCaffery who pick up trash, help with spring prep work, and gather and remove leaves in the fall.”

Upcoming maintenance plans include a project to repaint the fences around the rain gardens.

Volunteer help is always appreciated. For more information, contact McCaffery, who also recruits volunteers to adopt a drain and/or fire hydrant, at Richcooperstown.org.

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Sporadic spillover

Positive results

Despite the depth of the pits, there is always the possibility of them collecting too much water to handle. The rain gardens can, indeed, overflow.

“In fact, not long after they were first installed we had a quick and severe storm that filled them to overflowing,” recalls Cindy Falk, deputy mayor. But this was not unexpected and plans were already in place to manage pooling over.

“Our rain gardens are designed with an output onto the curb so that if the water level gets too high, it will pour onto the street and not onto the sidewalk,” she says. Luckily, she adds, this only happens in rare, extreme cases.

In 2012, Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk first saw rain gardens in 2012 while attending the annual meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum in Madison, Wis. She learned that the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) offers grants via the Consolidated Funding Application, including monies that are available through the Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP).

Later that year she wrote the application to EFC for GIGP funding for Cooperstown. GIGP money can be used for things like rain gardens, as well as permeable pavers and porous asphalt, both of which were also used in the Cooperstown project.

However, “when we applied to the EFC for funding for this project, we had to demonstrate the positive consequences of our GIGP project, of which the rain gardens are one part.

“Working with McManus Engineering we calculated a reduction of 20,522 cubic feet of runoff per year and significant reductions in pollutants to Otsego Lake and the Susquehanna River, including sediment (1,782 tons/ year), nitrogen (8.26 lbs per year), road salt (15 lbs per year), and phosphorous (1.75 lbs per year).”

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Music in the park is a summer standard for many communities across the country and Cooperstown is no exception. With its annual Lakefront Concert Series currently under way, the village gives some of the area’s finest musicians the perfect opportunity to introduce themselves and the music they play.

On Aug. 20, listeners will be treated to a taste of the south when the Realtime Dixieland Band delivers, as its name implies, Dixieland jazz.

Credit group founder Mark Sands, of Norwich, to bringing the genre north. When First Class, the band he was in from 2003 to 2015, broke up, “I took some time to ‘research’ what type of music was missing in our area and decided it was Dixieland,” he said.

That meant putting together a sizeable band – a core group of five but sometimes as many as seven members – but luckily, he already knew who he wanted. “Before I started the band, I had performed with all of these people in one way or another,” he said, adding that they all live around the area – Sherburne, Oneonta, West Eaton and Richfield Springs.

There’s no question he has an ear for talent. He started playing the violin in the summer of 1961 when he was just 8 then picked up the drums when he was 12. In third grade, he was the youngest member of his synagogue’s youth choir.

“I started playing weddings and parties 51 years ago, when I was 15,” he added. Then he attended the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, N.Y., as a string major. “I retired from the Norwich City School District in 2012 after teaching the string program for 22 years,” he said.

He’s done more than that. On the band’s website, his biography notes that he’s “had the opportunity to perform with the Utica, Catskill and Binghamton symphonies and played in the backlines for Tony Bennett and John Denver at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.”

Though it appears music keeps him busy, he has another passion on stage: theater. Over the years, he has directed more than 27 productions and each year he can often be found in the pit orchestras for area school and community musicals.

Dixieland, in music, a style of jazz, often ascribed to jazz pioneers in New Orleans, La., but also descriptive of styles honed by slightly later Chicago-area musicians. The term also refers to the traditional jazz that underwent a popular revival during the 1940s and continued to be played into the 21st century.

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The Realtime Dixieland Band performs at Neahwa Park in Oneonta last summer.

Back to the bandstand Once Sands had his Realtime musicians on board the summer of 2017, he reached out to Rich McCaffery, coordinator of the Lakefront Concert Series. “He had an opening,” Sands said, and that’s how one of the band’s first performances took place in Cooperstown. It was a decent-sized crowd, he recalled, “and they were very appreciative of our performance.

Several people came up at the end and said they hoped we would return.”

And now they are.

One difference fans may notice is whereas that initial concert included seven band members, this time there will be six. “At the last performance we used a keyboard player. And this performance will feature a banjo player,” said Sands, who plays the drums and sings. In addition, “we have a larger repertoire and have a couple of audience participation selections.”

The band is looking forward to its return to Cooperstown.

“Playing on the bandstand with Otsego Lake as a background is great, especially on a nice summer night,” Sands said.

“Cooperstown is a great place to visit” though in summer, it can be “crazy busy,” he said. His favorite stops when in town include the Fly Creek Cider Mill and he’s been to the Baseball Hall of Fame “a few times.”

Is this musician a baseball fan? There’s no hesitation in his answer. “New York Yankees since forever.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF REALTIME DIXIELAND BAND

About the band In addition to Mark D. Sands, on drums and vocals, members of the Realtime Dixieland Band are: Gary Solomon – trumpet; Becky Sabin trombone; Greg Maistros – clarinet; Carl Pickett – sousaphone; and Sal Salvaggio – banjo.

Upcoming performances of the band in this area include: Aug. 1 – Unadilla Concert Series, Unadilla; Aug. 2 – Crouse Community Center, Morrisville; Aug. 3 – Pathfinder Village, Edmeston and Sept. 8 – Colorscape Chenango, Norwich.

For more information visit realtimedixielandband.com.

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Cooperstown Lakefront Concert Series The annual Cooperstown Lakefront Concert Series, now in its 15th year, continues every Tuesday through July and August beginning at 7 p.m. at the bandstand in Lakefront Park.

In addition to the Realtime Dixieland Band playing Aug. 20, performers include: July 23: Scott Freeman Band – Quartet playing classical, jazz, oldies, Irish and pop music.

July 30: Heaven’s Back Door – A mix of traditional acoustic blues and original tunes with Michael Levenstein, Charlie Reiman and Carol Mandigo on guitar, harp and vocals.

Aug. 6: Cooperstown Community Band – Variety of musicians from the Central New York area ranging in age from 11 to 80-plus playing patriotic selections, marches, show tunes, novelty songs, Dixieland, jazz, movie themes and more.

Aug. 13: Marc Black – Plays a finger-style blues in the traditions of Mississippi Hurt and Tim Hardin.

Aug. 27: D’Funk’D – Nine-piece pop horn band featuring pop, funk, dance, R&B and soul music from the ’70s to today.

Admission is free. Bring a blanket or chair.

For more information call Rich McCaffery, concert coordinator, at (607) 547-5256, richcooperstown@gmail.com or visit www. richcooperstown.org. +

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Realtime Dixieland Band ‘wasThea super crowd pleaser at the

Cooperstown Lakefront Concert Series (in August 2017). The very appreciative audience thoroughly enjoyed their presentation and it was so evident by their constant applause and loud cheers. In talking with some of the concert attendees, they referred to the production as mesmerizing, captivating and hoping they can return in the future.

They felt a personal connection with all seven performers as they were individually introduced and instantly connected with the crowd.

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garden that are specific to skincare. Two of the herbs I discuss are comfrey and Solomon’s seal, both containing allantoin which is used for skin and bone damages as it repairs cell damage. I also grow calendula which is also used for skin issues.

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BY ANNA KRUSINSKI

Herbal essence

Beauty recipes from long ago

Today’s beauty industry is laden with trendy ingredients like hyaluronic acid and retinol. While these fads may offer their own novel and unique skincare benefits, we can find even more inspiration for our beauty routine when looking to the past and exploring the skincare remedies from centuries of old.

This is especially true when it comes to making use of natural ingredients in our beauty care, as it was common practice in past eras to utilize the natural benefits of herbs, flowers, and other botanicals.

To get a taste for some of these bygone beauty remedies, take a trip to The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, where you can walk through a meticulously curated, historically accurate recreation of a 19th century rural village.

Within the village you’ll find Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy, which is housed in a charming Greek revival structure that was originally built in 1832 in Hartwick, N.Y., and was ultimately relocated to The Farmers’ Museum in 1951.

The pharmacy was originally owned by Dr. Freeborn Garrison Thrall and stands today as an example of an 1800s apothecary, complete with tinctures and other remedies lining the walls and cabinets.

At Thrall’s Pharmacy you’ll also find historically accurate health and beauty items for sale so that you can take a bit of history home with you.

According to Patrick MacGregor, manager of Interpretation at The Farmers’ Museum, “I created our salesline back in the early ’90s to offer a selection of items that a pharmacy commonly sold. The collection of recipes were found in a book called ‘A Cyclopaedia of Six Thousand Practical Re-

ceipts’ by Arnold Cooley.” That book dates back to 1868 and is filled with timeless beauty recipes, proving that the benefits of natural botanicals truly are everlasting.

Double duty For Thrall’s Pharmacy, MacGregor chose a rose water and a lavender water, which both come from 1840s recipes and were used as perfumes, and also as flavorings.

(You can’t beat a recipe that’s useful for beauty care and in the kitchen!) The pharmacy also carries a lip salve from an 1823 English recipe, which was also used as a burn treatment.

As you can see, it was not uncommon in the 1800s for beauty items to do double duty in serving multiple purposes.

And what 19th century pharmacy would be complete without an adjoining medicinal garden? Thrall’s Pharmacy does not disappoint, with a lovely herb garden tucked alongside the pharmacy building.

MacGregor says, “I have a few plants in our garden that are specific to skincare.

Two of the herbs I discuss are comfrey and Solomon’s seal, both containing allantoin which is used for skin and bone damages as it repairs cell damage. I also grow calendula which is also used for skin issues.”

In the spring, MacGregor also teaches a program on balms and salves where you can learn about wildcrafting and using herbs from your garden.

For more information on The Farmers’ Museum, and to find out about its extensive offering of exhibits, workshops and special events, visit www.farmersmuseum. org or call (607) 547-1450. Visit The Farmers’ Museum at 5775 State Highway 80 (Lake Road) in Cooperstown. +

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Induction Weekend on deck

According to Baseball Hall of Fame officials, this year’s Induction Weekend in Cooperstown promises to hit it out of the park.

The 2019 induction class, announced in January, includes Baseball Writers’ Association of America electees Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Bluejays, Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez, Baltimore Oriole and New York Yankee Mike Mussina and longtime Yankee Mariano Rivera. Inductees Harold Baines and Lee Smith, also in this year’s class and elected by the Today’s Game Era Committee, were announced in December last year.

Vice President of Communications and Education with the Hall of Fame Jon Shestakofsky said the mix of big-name appeal and weekend-long activities will likely draw some of the largest baseball-loving crowds the village has seen. This year marks the 80th Induction Weekend since the museum opened in 1939.

Don’t miss it “We have six terrific inductees and we’re expecting a really good crowd,” he said. “And we’re expecting to have 50-plus Hall of Famers all in one place for the weekend, which is a terrific number and among our highest ever.”

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The July 21 induction ceremony, Shestakofsky noted, takes place at 1:30 p.m. at the Clark Sports Center, with shuttle service from the village. The ceremony, he said, typically lasts from two to three hours.

“There will be speeches honoring the new Hall of Famers with all the other Hall of Famers on stage,” he said. “It’s just a terrific celebration of baseball … and (for the athletes), it’s a reunion of sorts — a not-to-be-missed weekend and we all get to come along for the ride.”

Beyond the induction ceremony, Shestakofsky said, attendees will enjoy ball-signings during “Play Ball with Ozzie Smith,” awards presentations, programming at Doubleday Field, the “Parade of Legends” and the “Legends of the Game Roundtable” fundraiser on Monday morning. Some of the weekend’s events, he noted, require pre-registration.

“The Parade of Legends is really fun,” he said.

“Each of the visiting Hall of Famers rides down Main Street (at 6 p.m. on Saturday) in a pickup truck and that is definitely a fan-favorite event.”

There will be speeches “ honoring the new Hall of

Famers with all the other Hall of Famers on stage. It’s just a terrific celebration of baseball … and (for the athletes), it’s a reunion of sorts — a not-to-bemissed weekend and we all get to come along for the ride.

— Jon Shestakofsky, Vice President of Communications and Education with the Hall of Fame

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Last year’s Induction Weekend, as seen from above.

Organizers said Induction Weekend brings an estimated 50,000 visitors to the village of Cooperstown.

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Hall of Famers embrace during a past Induction Weekend.

Shestakofsky said the proximity of players’ team affiliations can affect attendance.

“We’ve had about 50,000-plus for the past few years and it looks like it’s going to be another nice year in terms of attendance,” he said. “With this year’s class, we have some (retired athletes) with really close ties to regions that are local. Mariano Rivera is close to the New York City folks and another great player that spent his whole career in Seattle is Edgar Martinez, so we’re looking forward to folks coming back from Seattle.

“We’ve got some local to Baltimore, Toronto and Philadelphia, and those are all drivable distances,” Shestakofsky continued. “Plus a couple (of the inductees) are from a Chicago background, so there’s definitely the possibility for a lot of drive-in traffic.”

Among local and state residents, Shestakofsky said, Rivera’s induction in particular is cause for celebration. Rivera started with the Yankees as a free agent in February 1990 and retired after 19 seasons in 2013.

Shestakofsky noted that Rivera was the first to receive 100 percent of the vote. Seventy-five percent is required for induction, he said, and candidates must be retired for five or more years. Roughly 450 baseball writers elect inductees, he said.

“With a player like Mariano Rivera who’s been so tied to that one team and that team is within driving distance and fans are so keyed in to his success, that could certainly lead to a larger crowd,” Shestakofsky said. “He is the first Yankee we’ve had in quite some time. (Manager) Joe Torre was inducted in 2014, but since then we haven’t had a Yankee and it’s been even longer since a player was inducted, so this is a big year for New York Yankees fans.”

It takes a village Though the weekend attracts baseball fans nationally, Shestakofsky said, locals love it, too.

“Certainly it’s not just for visitors and tourists,” he said. “There’s a strong baseball contingent here in town and it’s an important day for the village.”

Based on data from the last four years, Shestakofsky said, the Hall of Fame “conservatively estimates an economic impact of $10-$12 million statewide during the four-day Induction Weekend,” with much of that spending concentrated in Cooperstown.

Planning for the event requires internal and community collaboration, Shestakofsky said.

“The whole museum staff comes together to pull this off,” he said. “We start planning as soon as the last induction ends and it’s really a complete team effort with our staff, the village and community members. It goes to show how everyone can come together and make something really special.”

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“There are a number of logistics involved,” he continued.

“For a village of no more than 2,000 to welcome tens of thousands of people to one event requires so much planning and preparation, but we have great partners within the community and it isn’t just a Hall of Fame experience, but the experience of coming to the village of Cooperstown.”

The work is worth it, Shestakofsky said, to see “the gem of the baseball season” come together.

“The museum does events and educational programming throughout the year,” he said, “but this is the keystone, this is the jewel. Hall of Fame Weekend is really a major event on the baseball landscape and for four days, all eyes turn to Cooperstown.”

For more information or a complete Induction Weekend schedule and inductee bios, visit baseballhall.org. + Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez waves in a previous ‘Parade of Legends,’ part of Induction Weekend events.

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Annual exhibit now under way

Looking for some artistic arts in the local community. popular with certain groups.” from Adirondack to folk art to inspiration? Look no further modern. Visitors will enjoy a The CAA’s mission began The show is also a wonderthan Cooperstown during broad range of pieces includin August 1928 with its first ful opportunity to take home the 84th Annual National show, “The Annual Exhibition ing furniture, turnings, bowls, a piece of art to add to — or Juried Art Exhibition at The of Cooperstown Artists.” This utensils, and wall-hung work, start — your collection as Cooperstown Art Association. show gradually grew in notoall of which will be available all pieces on exhibit will be Running now through Aug. riety and eventually evolved available for sale. for sale during the exhibit.

16, the show features artists and expanded into the NaIn addition to hosting art from across the country and Why not wood tional Juried Art Exhibition, exhibits and shows, the CAA encompasses works in all beginning in the early 1990s.

In addition to the national also offers a kids’ summer art mediums.

Part of what makes this exhibit, The Cooperstown Art camp, a variety of art classes The exhibit will conclude show so unique is its reputaAssociation will host “Made in spring and fall sessions, with numerous awards to be tion for hosting a wide range in New York: The Art of and workshops that run selected by the jurors. of styles and mediums. As Wood,” an exhibit featuring throughout the year.

This year’s show will be founding member Henry the finest wood craftsmen juried by Christopher While taking classes Murray, an accomat the CAA, students plished artist hailing also have access to their from Troy, N.Y. Focusing extensive classroom art primarily on nature technique library. subjects, Murray’s work On select Wednesday often encapsulates evenings, the CAA also contrasts such as light hosts Studio Nights in and shadow, or order its classroom space on and chaos. the upper level of the His ultimate goal with Village Hall. With chairs, his work is to inspire balance and calm in the tables, easels, and art viewer. As he says, “I’d supplies provided, plus like them to envision a monitor available for themselves on a path in assistance, it’s a perfect my mountain paintings, opportunity to work alone and quiet with on your personal art their thoughts, or stimprojects and meet with ulating renewed energy other local artists in the from my abstracts, community.

PHOTO COURTESY OF COOPERSTOWNART.COM extinguishing the As part of their fatigue and disorientaAn oil on canvas ‘Homage to Philip J. De Loutherbourg’ by Christopher Murray. mission to expand the tion experienced in our world today.” arts community, all CAA exhibitions and Began with six S.S. Cooper once stated, and artists in the state, which receptions are free and open “we have always made every The CAA’s National Juried will run Aug. 23 through Sept. to the public, with donations effort to have our jurors cover 27.

Art Exhibition holds an encouraged and appreciated. the whole spectrum of taste illustrious place in the orga“Made in New York” is an For more information on The so that all who submit can nization’s history. Founded annual exhibit which invites Cooperstown Art Association feel that their works will be in 1928, The Cooperstown woodworkers from across the (22 Main St., Cooperstown) judged fairly on their merits Art Association began as an state and this year’s exhibit and its upcoming events, visit without bias and not thrown initiative of six professional will include 20-30 artists show- www.cooperstownart.com or out because they represent a artists who sought to inspire casing a wide variety of styles interest and awareness of the school of thought that is uncall (607) 547-9777. + UPSTATE LIFE magazine

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Stone man on display in Cooperstown

The details sculpted into the figure are clearly visible.

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“America’s Greatest Hoax,” as it is often referenced, took place in Central New York State in 1869 and celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. The Cardiff Giant was “found” by a couple of laborers digging a well on a farm in Cardiff, in Onondaga County, near Syracuse.

They unearthed a 10 foot, 4.5 inch tall “petrified man” on the farm of William “Stub” Newell. At the time, it made newspaper headlines declaring it the greatest archeological discovery of the

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Debates ensued over the origins of the giant. Some suggested it was an ancient statue of a race of giants that once walked the earth, and others believed it to be “the fossilized remains of a gigantic human being,” as the New York Sun newspaper recounted at the time.

However, it is striking to note that the ‘discovery’ caused an incredible amount of attention and generated an enormous amount of revenue, despite the fact the

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giant was exposed as a hoax, within a few weeks.

The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown has been home to the Cardiff Giant since 1948 and this year it is celebrating the sesquicentennial of its discovery. It is on display along with information and details about the hoax.

Since its unearthing in 1869, thousands of visitors have traveled to view the giant.

It has drawn more visitors as a known hoax than it did before the hoax was revealed.

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Photo of the site where William Newell erected a tent over the giant and charged admission to see the figure in 1869.

Photo of the 2,909 lb. colossus being lifted out of the ground in 1869.

The Farmers’ Museum is located at 5775 State Highway 80 (Lake Road), Cooperstown, N.Y. For information, call (607) 547-1450 or visit farmersmuseum.org Hours: May 7 through Oct. 14, daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Oct. 15 – 31, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Nov. 1 – March 31, closed April 2 – May 6, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission: Adults & juniors (ages 13-64) -- $12 Seniors (age 65+) -- $10.50 Juniors (ages 7-12) -- $6 Children (ages 6 and under) – Free Active military & retired career military – Free How much time should you plan for your visit?

Most people spend about 1.5 - 2 hours visiting.

There is so much more to see in addition to the Cardiff Giant!

The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown has been home to the Cardiff Giant since 1948 and this year it is celebrating the sesquicentennial of its discovery. It is on display along with information and details about the hoax.

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If you go

Advertisement from the New York Herald, 17 Dec 1869.

Old man made The story as to who perpetrated the hoax and how it was done is an intriguing bit of history. George Hull, a manufacturer and dealer in foreign and domestic cigars, was also the inventor of “snap” harnesses, which was in common use in the late 1860s. He read extensively and although he was raised by Puritan parents, he became a self-proclaimed atheist, often debating clergymen and preachers as he struggled with his skepticism.

On one occasion in 1868, as he argued the creation as described in Genesis, a clergyman declared that as told in the Bible, there were giants in those days.

Hull replied, “What evidence do you have that there were giants?,” according to an article in the New York Tribune in 1871.

The clergyman stated that some have been found, which left Hull astonished that people could be so gullible.

The argument sparked an idea and Hull quietly went to Iowa and found the Sioux City Railroad Company quarrying an arch.

He then arranged for four men to quarry a large piece of gypsum 12 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet thick. Hull had the stone block taken to Chicago.

He secured two stone carvers to sculpt the stone into the image of a man lying down. He paid the premium price of $10 per day to each man in order to secure their silence. It is said to have taken three months to complete due to the sculptor being lazy and frequently ceasing work to demand more pay.

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The Cardiff Giant on display at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

In fact, Hull himself was doing much of the work in order to move the project along. Pores were even etched into the skin to create details to reinforce the hoax.

‘Grave’ diggers Finally, “John Henry Cardiff” the Onondaga Giant was complete.

He weighed 2,909 pounds, making it a difficult task to move from Chicago to New York discreetly. When the journey was complete, Hull contacted William Newell, his brother-in-law and owner of a farm in an area of New York known for ancient fossils, and Newell agreed to participate in the plan for an 1/8 interest.

In the darkness of night Hull brought a wagon with the box containing the giant to the Newell farm and buried it in the ground at the site of an abandoned well. Once buried, the plan was to allow the ground to settle for one year and for anyone who might have seen the wagon or the box, to forget about it.

The following summer, William Newell arranged for the laborer to dig a well with the goal of them “discovering” the giant.

The laborers excitedly ran to retrieve Newell and show him the giant. Word spread quickly and community members from nearby towns flocked to Newell’s farm to see the ancient man who had been estimated to be 2,100 years old.

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The farmer’s crops were being trampled by the crowds, so Newell set up a tent over the site and began to charge 25 cents a person to view the giant for 15 minutes. That may seem a small amount by today’s standards, however, in 1869, a laborer earned an average of 16 cents an hour. The rate was later increased to 50 cents an hour.

Other investors were brought in and the Cardiff Giant was moved to Syracuse with a new charge of $1 to view it.

Hints of ‘humbuggery’ Dr. J.T. Boynton was among those who was “quite taken” with the figure and was among those who believed it was a statue. He promoted the idea that a Jesuit missionary had carved it in the 1600s. Othniel C. Marsh, a Yale University paleontologist, examined the giant figure and declared it was “of modern origin.”

The newspapers report the Cardiff giant to be “humbuggery.”

In addition, the stone carvers did not remain quiet about the hoax that was attracting the attention of the entire country. The newspapers as early as Dec. 4, 1869 were printing articles about the claims that the stone carvers had created the colossus. The word was out, the Cardiff Giant was a hoax!

But exposure of the hoax only brought more attention and more visitors who

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wished to see the famous goliath. The popularity of the exhibition caused P.T. Barnum, the great showman, to offer $60,000 to lease the giant for three months. The owners did not accept his offer. Barnum had a replica made and placed it on exhibit in his American Museum located in New York City. Barnum went so far as to declare that his was the original Cardiff Giant and that the other was a duplicate of his original.

The owners of the original filed a lawsuit against Barnum claiming libel, slander, and loss of income, etc. During the trial, Hull was forced to tell the truth about the figure.

However, the interest in the giant continued. One year later, the New York Herald lists on its entertainment page (amusements), an advertisement for the Cardiff Giant on display in the Apollo Hall in Albany. It is listed as “The Wonder of the Nineteenth Century.”

While the original Cardiff Giant is permanently displayed at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, Barnum’s replica is also still on display at Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills, Mich. David Harum, one of the owners involved in the lawsuit, actually was the one who uttered the famous quotation, “There is a sucker born every minute,” often mistakenly attributed to P.T. Barnum. +

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Mysteries of the mansion

Hyde Hall has haunted history

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A visit to Hyde Hall overlooking Otsego Lake in Springfield, near Cooperstown, is an experience to excite those with an interest in history or mystery.

Hyde Hall is a neoclassic country mansion designed by well-known architect Phillip Hooker of Albany, under the direction of George Hyde Clarke (1768-1835). Clarke’s great-grandfather served as Secretary and then became Lieutenant Governor of New York between 1703 and 1742, when it was a province of the British crown.

Clarke arrived from England in 1806 to settle in New York to exercise oversight of the 120,000 acres of land in the Mohawk and Hudson Valley area he had inherited.

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In 1814, he married Ann Low Cary Cooper, the widow of James Fenimore Cooper’s brother, Richard. James was the famous author of such notable books as “The Last of the Mohicans,” “The Spy,” “The Deerslayer” and “The Leatherstocking Tales.”

Clarke’s marriage to Ann was addressed by James Fenimore Cooper’s biographer, who noted that Clarke was already married when he married Ann Cooper.

His wife, Eliza Rochfort (1768-1861), was in England along with Clarke’s children, and no divorce documents have ever been found.

Family papers at Cornell University suggest that Clarke’s children

by Eliza considered their half-siblings in America to be illegitimate.

Clarke had five children by Ann, but only two lived to adulthood, Anna (1817-1899) and George Hyde Clarke Jr. (1822-1889). Hyde Hall stayed in possession of the descendants of George and Ann for four generations.

Property expands In 1817, despite his vast land holdings, George Hyde Clarke the elder purchased 340 acres of land in Springfield that held an incredible view of the Otsego Lake and began construction on his country manor house. In 1824, Clarke inherited his father’s estates and it enabled him to expand the manor house project to a mansion.

The mansion was completed in 1834. At the time of Clarke’s death in 1835, it was the largest private residence in the United States.

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1. The drawing room at Hyde Hall displaying elaborate ceilings and the working 1833 Porcelain Vapor Burner Chandelier. 2. The Clarke family crypt was featured on the “Ghost Hunters” television program. 3. The “gib” door which, when opened along with the window, created a temporary entrance directly into George Hyde Clarke’s office.

Hyde Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y.

The property passed to George Clarke, Jr., who married Anna Maria Gregory. He was one of the wealthiest young men in America.

There were differences between his mother, Ann Low Cary Cooper Clarke and his wife that resulted in his mother being asked to leave. This laid the foundation for one of the theories as to why the house is haunted (see sidebar “Things that go bump”).

He grew hops, but had financial difficulty in his business affairs due to the economic depression of the 1870s. He went bankrupt in the 1880s.

The third George Hyde Clarke (18581914) moved to Hyde Hall in 1880 to assist his father with the house and the local farms owned by the family. His wife was Mary Gale Carter and she used her vast wealth to purchase Hyde Hall and the surrounding farms during the bankruptcy proceedings of her father-in-law to save the property that had been in her husband’s family for generations.

Girl Scout/Titanic ties The plan to maintain the property was to use the monies from farm rentals and to

Many deaths occurred at Hyde Hall or on its grounds during the centuries it has stood looming over Otsego Lake.

Documented stories of strange, unexplainable happenings at the home date back over a century. grow the food for the household.

The mansion has a small door below a window called a gib (or jib) door, with steps leading to it on the exterior of the house.

It is a concealed door that blends with the surrounding wall. The window would be raised and the gib door open for tenant farmers to directly enter the office of Clarke to pay their rent, without entering the main portion of the house.

Mary Gale Carter Clarke was a life-long friend of Juliet Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of America in 1912, and her time at Hyde Hall enjoying country life was said to be part of her inspiration to begin the organization. Juliet Gordon Low was also the godmother to George and Mary’s daughter, Anne.

The fourth George Hyde Clarke (18891955) moved back to the mansion at age 25 with his mother after his father’s unexpected death in 1914. He married Emily Borie Byerson, who was a survivor of the Titanic disaster and they had seven children.

Thomas Hyde Clarke (1936-2015) was the last of the Clarke family to reside at Hyde Hall. In 1963 the property and mansion were acquired by New York state for the development of Glimmerglass State Park by eminent domain.

Haunted hall The Clarkes were meticulous about keeping records and for generations, the receipts, bills of sale, deeds, etc. were maintained.

At the time, the Clarkes kept the records in a secret basement below the office, accessed through a trap door in

Hyde and seek During the month of October, Hyde Hall conducts its very popular ghost tours by candlelight – a very spooky way to visit Hyde Hall and guaranteed to be a memorable experience. Whether you come for the history, the mystery, or both, Hyde Hall holds many more stories.

The oldest existing covered bridge in the United States still stands in Glimmerglass State Park. It was built at the same time as the mansion on the road approaching the country villa. Dating back to 1825, its pastoral setting remains. It is certainly a delightful stop on a visit to Hyde Hall, perhaps to enjoy a picnic, just as may have occurred long ago.

Hyde Hall is located at 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooperstown. For more information call (607) 547-5098 or visit hydehall.org.

The historic Hyde Hall covered bridge, built in 1825, is the oldest existing covered bridge in the United States.

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the floor. Today they are housed at Cornell University. The Friends of Hyde Hall have been digitizing the documents, many of which are available on the database accessible from the website (www.hydehall. org).

Many deaths occurred at Hyde Hall or on its grounds during the centuries it has stood looming over Otsego Lake. Documented stories of strange, unexplainable happenings at the home date back over a century.

One of the tour guides at Hyde Hall, Candace, shared that she had an encounter on her very first day as a tour guide. “I met a woman on the staircase upstairs,” she explained.

According to Larry Smith, the director of the tour guides, “I am probably the only guide who has nothing to report.”

He further clarified that the most common report from tour guides is hearing footsteps in the upper back hall, but there is never anything there. Smith said the “Ghost Hunters” television program conducted paranormal tests in 2013 and found the most activity in that same location.

In his 1920 book “Legends of a Northern County,” James Fenimore Cooper II, grandson of famous novelist James Fenimore Cooper, tells tales gathered from those who inhabited the house.

Among them is the story of a secret underground tunnel that runs from the family vault (tomb) in the hillside, about 100 yards in front of the mansion, to a small closet in the mansion. (The vault was also featured in the “Ghost Hunters” episode.) He also recounted reports that the piano in the drawing room would play constantly without anyone touching the keys. +

Portrait of Ann Low Carey Cooper Clarke, who cursed Hyde Hall.

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Things that go bump In “Legends of a Northern County,” James Fenimore Cooper II, recounts a story his father told him of one of the ladies of the house, the wife of the original builder, Ann Low Carey Cooper Clarke.

She was quite beautiful in her youth and following her husband’s death, her son took possession of the house and married a celebrated beauty and brought her to his home. Apparently, the two ladies did not get along very well, and the mother, Ann, was told to find another place to live. As she was leaving, she lifted her hand and cursed the home she loved saying, “You may drive me out now, but I shall return and haunt it forever,” then added, “May no woman ever be happy in it again.”

He explains that, “Its fame as a haunted house spread through the countryside and even reached England.” Cooper shares that he had been a frequent visitor to the house for nearly 50 years and details the story of a particular night spent at the house.

By candlelight, he made his way to the room his was assigned in the house. He describes the few furnishings in the room, including a “great old fashioned wardrobe.” He fell asleep and was suddenly awakened in the middle of the night. He had the strong feeling there was someone else in the room.

He states, “It was as dark as the plague of Egypt and only the dripping trees and wind could be heard.” The sound of footsteps approached from the corner of the room, “slowly, deliberately, it came over the bare and creaking floor, toward the bed.”

Lying motionless, as he listened to the footsteps come to the lower part of the bed. The “bedclothes were drawn across my body, not as if pulled by hand, but as if someone in passing too close to the bed had brushed against them.”

When the room was silent, he jumped out of bed and lit the candle. He explained that he saw the room was empty, but the bedclothes were partially on the floor and partially on the bedside.

The next day as talk in the library turned to ghosts, he shared the events of the evening before. The lady of the house said the room James had stayed in had been the dressing room of the first George Hyde Clarke.

She further explained that her daughter and the nurse one night had seen an old man dressed in a yellow, red and green walk down the corridor and turn into the room James had stayed in. The woman explained to James that there was such an outfit packed in the attic; it belonged to old George Clarke.

He did not know who had been in his room. It certainly could have been old George, although James preferred to think it was George’s wife, Ann, fulfilling her curse.

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Wild Columbine (Wild Red Columbine)

The deep red flower contrasted against the bright yellow center immediately attracts the eye to the Wild Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis).

This beautiful woodland native wildflower has a bellCOLUMN BY K. KUNZ SWOPE shaped flower with intricate yellow stamens that hang from the center. At the top are tube-like spurs that attract long-tongued insects, butterflies, bees, and hawk moths to sup from its sweet nectar.

Many birds are also drawn to the Wild Columbine, including hummingbirds, finches and buntings.

The hummingbird and at least four bee species are all pollinators for this delicate flower.

Tongue in groove Interestingly, there is a direct correlation between the pollinator of the plant and the length of the spur that contains the nectar.

Short spurs are the result of bumblebees, and medium spurs are created by various moths.

According to a study by biologists at the University of California at Davis, it was demonstrated that the nectar spurs of Wild Columbine evolve to match the tongue lengths of the pollinators that drink their nectar.

The Wild Columbine enjoys the climate of Central New York because it does not like extreme heat. Consider planting it in your garden as a single plant highlight or in groupings to attract hummingbirds.

It can be mixed with ground cover such as Creeping Phlox or Woodland Phlox. This works particularly well because the height of the Wild Columbine is 1 to 2.5 feet.

Wild Columbine propagates best by seed. Brown seed pods form on the plant after blooming ceases and can be gathered and planted in the fall for spring germination.

Once planted, it self-seeds, so no additional care is necessary for this deer resistant flower. The plant contains both male and female organs, making it a hermaphrodite.

Wild Thing

Sex appeal The genus name, Aquilegia, is derived from the Latin word for “eagle.”

The shape of the spurred petals are said to resemble an eagle’s talons. Native Americans are reported to have crushed the seeds of the Wild Columbine and rubbed it on their bodies to transfer the desirable scent to attract the attention and interest of the opposite sex.

Interestingly, the flower has no scent. Only the seeds, when pulverized, are scented. They also used the seeds and roots of the plant for their medicinal qualities to remedy stomach ailments, heart problems and urinary issues. The flowers are edible by humans and can be used in salads.

In addition, according to one source, a hair wash can be made from the boiled plant.

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Geology Day Trip

The Route 80 canyon.

COLUMN AND PHOTO BY ROBERT AND JOHANNA TITUS

Why does Cooperstown exist?

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The Cooperstown alluvial fan. Base map courtesy of the U.S. Geological survey.

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This headline must seem to be an ambitious one, don’t you think?

How can we ask something like that? Well, we are geologists so we can and do ask such things — all the time.

Today’s column is about geological thinking. Specifically, we are going to drive around Cooperstown and make observations which will lead to conclusions which will, we hope, answer that ambitious question.

Let’s start out on Route 80 where it descends from the northwest into Cooperstown. Many of you have likely driven it many times.

But — did you ever pay much attention to the canyon the road passes through?

Take a look at our first photo; there it is. If you have, in fact, ever taken notice of it, then it’s likely you simply noted it was pretty and

left it at that. That’s what we thought too but then we went an extra step, asking the simple geological question “why is that pretty canyon there?”

Carved by glaciers The two of us have a lot of experience with the ice age history of the Catskills and the answer for us was quick and easy. That canyon had been carved by the powerful flow of water that passed through it late in the Ice Age when, uphill from here, large glaciers were melting.

We were looking into the distant past, perhaps 14,000 years ago, when the climate was warming, and the ice was melting. We gazed into that canyon and our mind’s eyes filled it with raging, foaming, pounding, thundering, whitewater torrents, cascading into what would someday be Cooperstown.

This was a powerful flow and a loud one as well. But mostly, it was erosive — very erosive. It sliced through the bedrock sandstones here and created the canyon. The little stream that is there today could not have carved this canyon; it is an ice age feature.

We know about these sorts of things from decades of exploring the Catskills.

Canyons like this are common and have added a lot of picturesque landscape to our mountains. Our extensive experience allowed us to ask the next question

and to go exploring to find the evidence needed to answer that question.

And that next question was “where did all that sediment go?”

If that powerful flow was so erosive, then it must have created a lot of sediment and that sediment had to be somewhere.

Fan out We knew where to look. We started to drive the larger roads of Cooperstown, especially Delaware and Susquehanna avenues. We found just exactly what we had expected to find. Everywhere we went, the landscape sloped away gently from the bottom of our canyon.

Those gentle slopes made up a large fan shaped landscape feature. Take a look at the yellow on our second illustration (courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey).

We had found something geologists call an alluvial fan. That is a fan of sediment that forms at the bottom of an erosive stream. The stream and the fan are closely intertwined; you can’t have one without the other. We have found many of these all across the Catskills.

They are seen at Prattsville, Delhi, Middleburgh and Margaretville, among other locations. Each of these towns came to be perched upon a fan. All of them formed at the immediate end of the Ice Age. We have come to term them as canyon/fan complexes. Each

fan rises above the floodplain and that provided, long ago, appealing locations for towns to be built.

The next time you get a chance, go to Cooperstown and explore where we have explored. Can you see what we have seen? Is your mind’s eye able to envision this geological past? Are you looking forward to our next column?

Then you are thinking like a geologist.

And you have learned how it was that Cooperstown came into existence. It is a gift of the Ice Age. +

Contact the authors at randjtitus@ prodigy.net. Join their facebook page “The Catskill Geologist.” Read their blogs at “thecatskillgeologist.com”

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bieritz insurance The Cooperstown Crier 102 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 607-432-1000 www.coopercrier.com

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The Daily Star 102 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 607-432-1000 www.thedailystar.com

Franklin, NY • 607-829-3700 www.franklinstagecompany.org

22 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 607-547-9777 • www.cooperstownart.com The Franklin Railroad and Community Museum

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Cody-Shane Acres

90 Crystal Creek, Walton, NY 607-865-4913

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Pure Catskills

44 West Street, Walton, NY 607-865-7090 www.purecatskills.com

Northeast Classic Car Museum 24 Rexford Street, Norwich, NY 607-334-2886 • classiccarmuseum.org

Hours Open: Last Sunday of Each Month, 1:00pm to 5:00pm or by Appointment Call 607-829-5890 or 607-829-2692

CarpetsPlus COLORTILE

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Hanford Mills Musuem

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Franklin Stage Company

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Arkville Bread & Breakfast

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Candy Shop & Gift Shop 114 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 607-547-5565 • tinbinalley.com

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6167 State Hwy. 12, Norwich, NY 607-334-9941 • americanhomesteader.net

Tin Bin Alley

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Faithful Friends Pet Crematory

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1977 State Hwy 23, Morris, NY 607-263-2363 www.faithfulfriendsofmorris.com

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Morey’s Family Restaurant

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Cooperstown Natural Foods

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Plaide Palette

Cherry Valley, NY 607-264-3769 • www.celticart.com

Cooperstown Shadow Brook Campground

Morris Tent Rental

26 Mills St., Morris, NY 607-263-9916 www.morristent.com

House of Consignment Tiger Asian Cuisine

195 Main St., Oneonta, NY • 607-441-3396 www.tigerasiancuisineoneonta.com

214 Main St., Unadilla, NY 607-369-2827 houseofconsignmentny.com

2149 County Hwy 31, Cooperstown, NY 607-264-8431 cooperstowncamping.com

Posie’s Vintiques

6 Center St., Milford, NY • 607-286-4025 email: posiesvintiques@gmail.com

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Tuning In - Tuning Up

Oneonta, NY 607-433-2089 www.tuningin-tuningup.com

Gobbler’s Knob

3793 State Rt. 145, Cobleskill, NY 518-296-8008 • www.gobblersknob.us

Kate’s Upstate

134 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 607-322-4068 www.katesupstate.com

Richmondville Antique Center

NYS Rt. 7 and 1080 Beards Hollow Rd. Richmondville, NY • 518-294-6657

Ouleout Creek Golf

13501 St. Hwy 357, North Franklin, NY 607-829-2100 • www.ouleoutgolf.com

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