Bound Volumes
June 19, 2025
135 YEARS AGO
Illegal Fishing—Last week, suits were commenced by one of the Game Protectors of the State against about 40 persons living on or near Otsego Lake, who are charged with illegal fishing in its waters. Some of these parties emphatically deny the allegation, and say no evidence can be given against them that any court of law will regard. Against others the Game Protector claims to have conclusive evidence as he and several assistants spent some time on the Lake in company with these fishermen, pretending to be persons on a pleasure excursion. The suits are to be brought in the name of the People of the State of New York, and are to be tried in Delaware County.
June 20, 1890
110 YEARS AGO
The Otesaga, our big summer hotel, opened Tuesday, and there arrived that night a special car from New York with about 25 early guests. Business, however, really began on Monday, when about twenty tourists were accommodated for the night. Everything seems to point toward an excellent summer season in Cooperstown. The Otesaga and all the other hotels have an unusually large number of reservations. The unsettled conditions in Europe owing to the war will compel thousands who usually go abroad, to remain in their own country, and all the northern resorts are anticipating big business.
June 16, 1915
85 YEARS AGO
The roundhouse of the Delaware and Hudson railroad was razed this spring by the Albany Wrecking Company which took it for salvage, thus removing one of the landmarks of the village and one of the signs of a once prosperous branch line. The building was built in 1869 when the line was known as the Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad. The first train passed over the tracks on July 14 of that year. The whole village turned out for the celebration and a salute of 16 guns was fired by a six-pounder, “well served.” The train was drawn by the locomotive, the E.R. Ford, and carried about 30 passengers. A fire in 1880 destroyed the engine garage and damaged a baggage car and two engines. The engine garage was quickly rebuilt but again burned to the ground in 1912, and rebuilt again. The cause of both fires was never determined.
June 19, 1940
35 YEARS AGO
Indian artifacts and signs of former life have been uncovered at the site of the Bassett Clinic project during a state-required archaeological review. Two fire pits and several arrow or spear heads have been found. A 10-month-long village review process was completed last week, but the $32 million project is still under review by the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Because the project is located in the nationally registered Historic District of the village, it is considered an archaeologically sensitive area.
June 20, 1990
20 YEARS AGO
Local News—Julietta Ford, Abigail Ford, Kaitlyn Watson and Lauren Vibbard are graduates of the Little Treasures Nursery Group at the Hartwick Community Center.
Rebecca Anne Rheinhardt graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University with degrees in Communication and Applied Economics & Management. Rheinhardt will enter the MS/PhD program in industrial relations at Cornell this fall.
Rebecca Additon of Cooperstown received the Community Service Award from Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences as one of seven seniors selected for their excellence in various areas of scholarship. Additon was recognized for her community volunteer activities outside the university.
June 17, 2005
