Bound Volumes

July 31, 2025

185 YEARS AGO

Otsego County Medical Society—At the annual meeting of the Otsego County Medical Society, held at the Eagle Tavern, in Cooperstown, on the 20th July, 1840, the following officers were duly elected for the ensuing year—Dr. Drake of Westford, President; Dr. Hannay of Cooperstown, Vice-President; Dr. Gorton of Gilbertsville, Secretary; Dr. Curtiss of Cooperstown, Treasurer and Librarian; Marks, Harper, Boyce, Secor, Metcalf, Censors; Curtiss, Spafard, Peake, Trustees of the Library.

July 27, 1840

110 YEARS AGO

August Busch has purchased several of the Vanderbilt horses which are prize winners. Both Mr. Busch and his son Adolph are very much interested in highbred horses and the sport of driving them. Among the horses purchased are the four-in-hand coach horses and the single carriage horses. These horses were purchased at the Durland Company sale who had charge of the disposal of the horses belonging to Alfred G. Vanderbilt who died in the Lusitania disaster. The leaders of the four-in-hand or trotting road four are “Old Stager” and “General Grant.” The wheel horses are “General Sheridan” and Chief Uncas.” These four draw the large green road coach which made its first appearance on Main Street last Saturday. The other horses purchased are “Lady Warley,” “Melbourne Lady,” “Ursula,” and “Stanford Lily.” There is also “Silver Fox,” a sixteen-hand, four-year-old grey gelding. The horses are at Uncas Farm under the care of Manager Edward Rabart who is the bugler on the road coach.

July 28, 1915

60 YEARS AGO

A quartet of Cooperstown youths took off in two canoes early Monday morning for a month-long trip down the 444-mile-long Susquehanna River from its source at Otsego Lake to Havre de Grace, Maryland where it flows into Chesapeake Bay. The four are Alton G. Dunn, III, Kent St. John, Jim Peters and David Rath. They expect to complete the trip by the last week in August.

July 28, 1965

35 YEARS AGO

Ron Schofield walked into the Bold Dragoon bar and restaurant on Pioneer Street on July 23rd and handed bartender Robert Beebe a note which read: “Cooperstown, Blue Dragoon (sic) Carter the Apache, from Jim in Richmondville. Take care of this man for me.” Schofield was trying to get ahold of Carter Morris, who like Schofield is a veteran of the Vietnam War. Schofield, however, is homeless. Schofield’s is walking from Vergennes, Vermont to San Francisco, talking to as many vets and newspapers as he can to call attention to the plight of homeless vets. When he arrives in California, the 39-year-old veteran will check himself into a treatment center for PTSD victims at Menlo Park.

August 1, 1990

20 YEARS AGO

Several thousand Little Leaguers will pass through the gates of the Cooperstown Dreams Park this summer, but only one of them can call Cooperstown home. Winner of the 2005 Beanie Ainslie Award, 12-year-old Greg Brodersen is back playing with the Central New York Pioneers – a team based out of Ilion, featuring players from all over Central New York. Brodersen has been a contributing factor in the Pioneers’ success. “I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with these guys,” Brodersen said. “So far, I’ve gone 1 for 3 at the plate in every game we’ve played,” Brodersen reported before Tuesday morning’s contest, a game in which he made a spectacular diving catch in left field on the first play. Greg is the son of Greg and Rosemary Brodersen of Cooperstown.

July 29, 2005