90 YEARS AGO Operations at the test well on the farm of Merritt Hazlett, about two miles from Treadwell on the road to Franklin, have been abandoned for the time being. Though a few small pockets of gas were struck, the flow was not sufficient to be of commercial value. The outside casing of the well is being left in place, with a block closing the opening. Ralph Sawyer of Bolivar, contractor in charge of drilling, explained that the apparatus…
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185 YEARS AGO The history of all governments exhibits the struggles of two great parties—one rallying under the banner of the rights of property, the other under those of persons. The one will strive as a matter of course, to resolve the whole system into an extension of the rights of property so as to swallow up and annihilate those of persons. The latter will stand on the defensive and do all that is in its power to preserve and…
HISTORY—6:30 p.m. “Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley RR: The Complete History of the Cooperstown Railroad from 1869 to Present, Including the Famous Cooperstown Railroad War.” Presented by rail historian Jim Loudon. Otsego County Historical Association at the Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Route 11, Hartwick. (607) 547-8070 or visit https://www.facebook.com/OtsegoCountyHistorical/…
