Bound Volumes

January 18, 2024

210 YEARS AGO

January 22, 1814

85 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown winter sports fans enjoyed the first favorable weather conditions of the season and several hundred made use of the new ski tow on Drake Mountain. The new tow is sponsored by the Cooperstown Winter Sports Association. The site is about six miles from Cooperstown and about one mile north of the Pierstown Grange Hall. The tow has a pull up the side of the mountain about a quarter mile in length and is operated by a tractor. Ice skating at the community rink at the entrance to Doubleday Field and at the Cooper Inn rink was also enjoyed by large numbers over the holiday weekend.

January 18, 1939

60 YEARS AGO

Two graduate programs leading to the master’s degree to be offered through the combined resources of Oneonta State University College and the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown have been approved by the Board of Trustees of the University of the State of New York. The two programs, known tentatively as the “History Museum Program” and the “American Folk Culture Program” will fill a long-standing need in the museum profession, according to Dr. Louis C. Jones, director of NYSHA.

January 15, 1964

35 YEARS AGO

Steps are being taken to improve village streets this spring. Work will commence on Elk, Fair, Leatherstocking, Main and Spring streets. Most of the heavy construction work will take place on Leatherstocking Street, since one side of it has never been curbed. Several new storm sewers will be installed along with curbing. Sewers and catch basins will also be installed on Railroad Avenue.

January 18, 1989

20 YEARS AGO

After a nearly 25-year hiatus, the Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department’s annual “Fireman’s Candlelight Ball” is slated to make a triumphant return later this month at The Otesaga Hotel. Department Chief A. Fred Lemister says the January 24th Ball is “an important and sacred way for the department members to allow a very important component of their service to flourish. It’s a little way of allowing firefighters and their spouses to have a night to themselves,” he explained. “It’s about camaraderie, fraternity and friendship.”

January 16, 2004