{"1": {"fulltext": "Persrown\\n(ptse^o", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Qass,\\nBook-", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "Cooperstown\\nOtsegx)\\nLake\\nAND\\n5,?* 5^* 5^* a^ e^^ fi^^ 5^^ 5^^ 5^^ 5i?^ 5^^ C^ 5^^\\n,Ji^^^J.,^^^^,^,^^^^^^^^^.j*-.^^\\nDescriptive sketch of the village made famous\\n_by J. Fenimore Cooper, in his Leatherstocking\\nTales, with views of village and lake.\\n1 vy", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "64041\\nCOPYRIGHT BV\\nCLARENCE W. DAVIIJSON.\\n10OO.\\nPKINXKD AT THE OFFICII OF\\nTHE OTSEGO REPUHLlCArs\\nCOOPBBSTOWN, N. V.\\nTWO COPIES BKCEIVED,\\nLibrary of Ctn(r\u00c2\u00abt%\\nOfncc of tht\\nm 1 1 1900\\nRiglittr of Copyrtgktft\\nStUONU COPY,\\nV\\nCTV\\nv\\\\\\n.Dt: vJ", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "\\\\toWn\\nSITUATED at the foot of Otsego Lake, at the overhanying- its edf^es are still mirrored in its limpid\\nheadwaters of the Susquehanna, is the historic waters, and flitting clouds are reflected as they were a\\nvillag-e of Cooperstown. The most beautiful century and a half ago. As it api)eared to Deerslayer\\nplace in all the world, is the unanimous verdict of when he first looked upon this lake of the hills:\\nthousands of people from all parts of the continent ,_ i i i .i,\\nLu /ucciii.o pv. i I ..j^^ about ten mmutes they b..tli bmke suddenly intn the\\nwho have visited Cooperstown. brilliant lig-ht of the .sun. nn a low K-ravelly point, that was\\nOne of the chief attracti(ms of this beautiful inland wa.shed by water on quite half its outline,\\nresort is the lake; the Glimmerglass of Cooper s ..An e.xclan.ation of surprise broke from the lips of Deer-\\nLeatherstocking Tales; stretching away to the slayer, when, on reaching the marti-in ..f the lake, he beheld\\nnorth, between gently undulating hills on the west, the view that unexpectedly met his gaze. It was. in truth,\\nand the more abrupt, mountainous elevations m the sufficiently striking to merit a brief description. On a level\\nwith the point lay a broad sheet of water, so placid and limpid\\nthat it resembled a bed of the pure mountain atmosphere.\\nThe pen of the great novelist has immortalized this compressed into a setting of hills and woods. Its length was\\nbeautiful sheet of water. The scenes so vividly about three leagues. while its breadth was irregular, expanding\\ndescribed bv the author in The Dccrs/aver were to half a league or even more, opposite to the point, and\\neither enacted on the lake, or .m the leafy shores or contracting to less than half that distance, more to the\\n.1 J -i T7 1-iii A. 1- southward. Of course, its margin was irregular, being\\nmountains that surround it. Every little point has v. t\\nindented bv bavs. and broken bv many projecting low points.\\nbeen portrayed with a wealth of romantic detail that northern or nearest end it was bounded by an isolated\\nmakes the story as real as the place itself. The lake mountain, lower land falling off east and west, gracefully\\nstill retains its natural beauty, the trees ;ind bushes relieving the sweep of the outline.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "THE LAKE, FROM THE WcST.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE PARK, LOOKING SOUTH.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "COUNCIL ROCK.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "UEATHERSTOCXING FALLS", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "But the most striking peculiarities of the scene were its j\\nsolemn solitude and sweet repose. On all sides, wherever the\\neye turned, nothing met it but the mirror-like surface of the\\nlake, the placid view of heaven, and the dense setting of the\\nwoods. So rich and fleecy were the outlines of the forest that\\nscarce an opening could be seen, the whole visible earth, from\\nthe rounded mountain-top to the water s edge, presenting one\\nunvaried hue of verdure.\\nNo essential changes have been made in the appear-\\nance of the lake since Cooper penned the ab(jve\\ndescription. True, we see no Hutter s Castle rising\\nfrom the water, but the sunken island, with the\\nrushes growing over it, remains as in the days of the\\nstirring scenes portrayed by the great American novel-\\nist. Upon the eastern shore, on Point Judith, King-\\nfisher s Tower, a handsome media vai structure, rises\\nsome sixty feet above the water.\\nNo Huron camp is on the shore, for the red men\\nhave disappeared from the valley. The forest at the\\nwest has been cleared away, and in its place upon the\\nhill-side are fertile farms, while on the eastern shore the\\nforest, with few exceptions, still grows to the water s\\nedge, and back in unbroken fastness to the summit of\\nthe hills.\\nSays the author of the ///VAvi of oopcrs/ozcii\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Although there mav be other lakes as beautiful, with\\nscenery as diversified, it would be difficult to find another spot\\ncombining all the advantages of the Glimmerglass The\\ngraceful bays and wooded points, with their maple masses\\nsleeping where shore and water blends, the somber pine\\nforests that crown its mountain-tops, the silver streams that\\nthread its lowlands, its winding roads, with their woodland\\nborder, and the enchanting air of romance that ever haunts\\nits shores and waters, with the fond skies leaning above it,\\nwarm with blessing, render Otsego peculiarly attractive to\\nthe lover of the beautiful. And as from thy wooded rim we\\ngaze oif over thy quiet waters, mirroring the mountains,\\nwhich, uplifting against the blue wall of the sky, stretch\\naway in wavy lines, we are assured that;\\nO er no sweeter lake\\nShall morning break or noon-cloud sail;\\nNo fairer face than thine shall take\\nThe sunset s golden veil.\\nPlaces of greater beauty can not be found in all the\\nland than the surroundings of this beautiful sheet of\\nwater, lying in this enchanted basin among the Otsego\\nHills.\\nNear the outlet and a little to the west may still be\\nseen the rock from which Chingachgook leaped to the\\ndeck of the ark and escaped from his pursuers:\\nThe rock, which was a favorite place of rendezvous through-\\nout all that region, and where Deerslayer expected to meet his\\nfriend was a large isolated stone that rested on\\nthe bottom of the lake, apparently left there when the waters", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": ";a----^:\\nTHE LAKE, LOOKING SOUTH FROM HYDE H f, L L", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "ROAD THROUGH THE CANON AT FIVE-MILE POINT.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "J. FENIMORE COOPER S GRAVE IN CHRIST CHURCH YARD.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "tore away the earth from around it, in forcing- for themselves\\na passag-e down the river, and which had obtained its shape\\nfrom the action of the elements during- the slow prog-ress of\\ncenturies. The height of the rock could scarcely t-xceed six\\nfeet, and. as has been said, its shape was not unlike that given\\nto bee-hives\\nIs the rock empty. Judith inquired Deerslayer, as soon\\nas he had checked the drift of the ark. deeming it imprudent\\nto venture unnecessarily near the shore. Is anything to be\\nseen of the Delaware chief\\nNothing, Deerslayer. Neither ruck, shore, tree, nor lake\\nseems to have ever held a human form.\\nDeerslayer was interrupted by a slight exclamation from\\nthe g-irl, who in obedience to his hurried gesture, as much as\\nin obedience to his words, had immediately bent her louks\\nagain in the opposite direction.\\nWhat is it What is it. Judith he hastily demanded.\\nIs anything to be seen\\nThere is a man on the rock 1 an Indian warrior, in his\\npaint, and armed.\\n-Where does he wear his hawk s feather eagerly added\\nDeerslayer, relaxing his hold of the line, in readiness to drift\\nnearer to the place of rendezvous. Is it fast to the warlock,\\nor does he carry it above his left ear\\nTis as you say, above the left ear: he smiles tint, and mut-\\nters the word Mohican,\\nGod be praised 1 tis the Serpent at last, exclaimed the\\nyoung man, suffering the line to slip through his hands, until,\\nhearing a light bound in the other end of the scow, he instant-\\nly checked the rope and began to haul it in again, under the\\nassurance that his object was effected.\\nAt that moment the door of the cabin was hastily opened,\\nand a warrior, dashing- through the room, stood at Deerslayer s\\nside, simply uttering the exclamation Hugh. At the next\\ninstant Judith and Hetty shrieked, and the air was filled with\\nthe yells of twenty savages, who came leaping throug^h the\\nbranches, down the bank, sume actually falling- into the water.\\n-Pull, Deerslayer I cried Judith, hastily barring the door.\\nPull for life and death- -the lake is full of savages wading\\nafter us I\\nAbout two miles from the southern end of the lake\\nand a little back from the shore may be seen Leather-\\nstocking- Falls or Panther s Leap. Here the Swan, an\\nIndian g irl, came to bathe, unconscious of the presence\\nof Leatherstocking, who near the stream below was\\nsilently -watching the huge but crafty animal ])repar-\\ning to spring u])on her.\\nWith deadly aim the hunter stood\\nAnd watched the stealthy panther creep.\\nStill nearer to the noisy flood.\\nTo bring the maid within his reach.\\nWhen instantly his weapon s ring,\\nKrom silent rock, from hill and dell.\\nWas blended in one echoing,\\nTo where the lifeless panther lay.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "THE GLIMMERGUASS. LOOKING NORTH.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "ENTRANCE TO UEATHERSTOCKING CAVE.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "VIEW OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "3T AFTER IT LEAVE\\nOTSEGO LAKE.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "COOPER MONUMENT IN UAKEWOOD CEMETERY.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "VIEW OF THE VILLAGE AND LAKE FROM HILLS ON THE SOUTHWEST.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "The Wild Rose Point of years gone by, tire scene of\\nthe parting between Deerslayer and Judith Hutter, is\\nnow prosaic Three-Mile Point. Not all the romance\\nhas deserted it, however, for in the summer, young and\\nold, from far and near gather at this enchanted spot\\nto pass the hours away. Two miles farther to the\\nnorthward is Five-Mile Point, and just beyond is Mut-\\nter s Point, from which Deerslayer first caught a\\nglimpse of the Glimmerglass.\\nAt the northern extremity of the lake rises the Sleep-\\ning Lion, a mountain, so-called from a fancied resem-\\nblance. The western shore is much broken by little i\\npoints and bays which add to the attractiveness of the\\nview. A range of hills skirts the entire eastern shore\\nof the lake, terminating in a still higher eminence,\\nMount Vision. At the southern end of the lake, some-\\nwhat to the east, the Susquehanna begins its journey\\nto the sea.\\nThose who have visited the lakes of Switzerland and\\nthe Lochs of Scotland, as well as the numerous charm-\\ning inland waters of our own State, say Lake Otsego\\nequals, if it does not surpass, any of them.\\nBesides the natural beauty of Cooperstown and sur-\\nroundings, the attractiveness of the place is much in-\\ncreased by well laid out and well kept streets and\\nlawns, by manv handsome private residences, by shady\\nwalks and pleasant drives for many miles around.\\nThrough the liberality of Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark\\na beautiful public park has been laid out with charming\\nwalks under shade trees. In the center of the grounds,\\non the spot where stood Otsego Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the home of\\nCooper\u00e2\u0080\u0094 stands a huge boulder of Syenite, on which\\nI Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark has placed a bronze statue\\n1 of an Indian hunter as a memorial of the great novelist.\\nEvery facility is provided for sailing on the lake.\\nThree steamers for the public and several private\\ni launches, together with nearly two hundred row\\nI boats, make up the fleet. Nothing could be more\\ndelightful than a trip by daylight or moonlight on\\nthe waters of this famous lake. As our boat glides\\nswiftly away from the shore we recall that other de-\\nparture from the southern end of the lake when Deer-\\nslayer came to meet his friend, Big Serpent, at\\nCouncil Rock. But no Indian war cry is heard from\\nthe shore, for the wilderness which could conceal a\\nsavage has been cleared away, and now upon it the\\npretty streets of Cooperstown are laid.\\nTo the lover of the beautiful, the surroundings of\\nOtsego Lake are ever attractive. There are so many\\npoints of interest. Then, too, it was the home of James", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "OTS_GO HALL. COOPrlR-S HjMt. BUiLT 1798. 3 .:.:N\u00c2\u00a3D 13.32.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "THE PARK. L-OOKING NOk", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE LAKE, FROM NEAR THE QUARRY. LOOKING NORTHWEST.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "SHADOW BROOK. BEFORE IT ENTERS THE LAKE AT THE HEAD.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "Fenimore Cooper. lu his youtli, his father moved Cooperstown. with distance fmin the v-onier of Main\\nhere, cleared away the forest, settled, and named the and Pioneer Streets, are as follows:\\ntown, and here the great novelist lived, worked and Cooper s j;rave, Episcopal Church-vard, three min-\\ndied, and in the old Episcopal Church-yard may be utes walk.\\nseen his grave beside that of his wife. o;* c im tj u ,i- i ^i\\n^Mte or Otsetj^o Hall (Lo!)per s home, three minutes\\nOn a gentle rise of ground in Lakewood Cemetery, walk.\\na little to the east, and above the village, may be seen Hannahs Hill, west side of the lake, one-half mile.\\nthe Leatherstocking monument, erected in honor of The beautiful park called The Cooper (Irounds, three\\nJames Fenimore Cooper. A visit to the town is not minutes walk.\\ncomplete without a visit to this monument. It is of Lakcwo.,,1 Cemetery, east side of the lake, one-half\\nwhite marble with square granite base. The shaft in- niile.\\neluding all is about twentv-five feet high and is sur- i^,- i: i i\\nl^rospect Kock, east side of the lake, three-tourths\\nmounted by a Corinthian capital. Only the name\\nFenimore Cooper is on the base. On the north in\\n^u f \u00e2\u0080\u009et-i -11 i i^- u- i 1 r XI 1 Mount Vision, east Side of the lake, one mile,\\nrelief are emblems illustrating his tales of the sea and\\nhis naval histories. On the east side are carved the Otsego or Council Rock, at the outlet, three minutes\\ntitles of his works, with pen, inkstand and an urn ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2il\\nwith incense rising. On the south are emblems illus- Cooper s Monument in Lakewood Cemetery.\\ntrating his Indian tales. Crowning the column is a The Echo and Natty Bumppo s Cave, east side, one\\nstatue of Leatherstocking, dressed in hunting shirt, mile.\\nleggings and deer skin cap, with powder horn and bul- Point Judith, east side, two miles.\\nlet pouch slung over his shoulders, his dog. Hector, Three-Mile Point, the Wild Rose Point of vearsagu,\\ncrouching at his feet. ^-j^^\\nSome of the numerous points of interest in and about Five-Mile Point, west side, five miles.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": ".KING NORTH.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "LOOKING NORTH FROM DUGWAY.", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "THE PARK, LOOKING NORTH.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "KINGF.SHER TVVLR,", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "Gravelly Poiut, where DeerslaAer had his first com-\\nbat with a hostile Indian, east side, live miles.\\nThe Sunken Island, the site of Hutter s Castle, seven\\nmiles.\\nLeatherstockint, Flails, west side, two and one-half\\nmiles.\\nCherrv Valley, thirteen miles.\\nRichtield Sprinufs, sixteen miles.\\nSharon Springs, twenty miles.\\nSuch are a few of the attractions at this gem of the\\nhills. Sojourners here need have no fear that time\\nwith them will be burdensome. It is possible to re-\\nmain here for the entire season and visit a new point\\nof historic or romantic interest every day. Boating is\\na favorite pastime with many, while others prefer\\nmore prosaic means of recreation, and are to be found\\nenjoying the delightful drives about Cooperstown.\\nStill others adopt the more modern means of travel,\\nand are to be found enjoying the smooth and shady\\nroads upon their bicycles.\\nA climb up the side of Mount Vision is rewarded by\\na view of almost the entire lake and the principal\\npoints of interest surrounding it. Council Rock may\\nbe seen just at the point where the Susquehanna leaves\\nthe lake on its way to the ocean. Point Judith is two\\nmiles up and on the eastern shore.\\nAcross the lake is Leatherstocking Falls, and back\\nof Point Judith, on the mountain, is Natty Bump-\\npo s cave. In imagination one can see Deerslayer s\\ncanoe go gliding- across the lake, see Hutter s castle\\nrising above the water, catch a glimpse of Hurry Harry\\nand Judith, hear the Indians wild yell, see the Mohawk\\ntrail leading out from the foot of the mountains, hear\\nthe wise, pure-minded scout ever counseling justice\\nand truth. Man^- years have passed since the immor-\\ntal Cooper so vividly pictured these scenes, yet their\\ninfluence survives, and helps to cast a charm over the\\nGlimmerglass that will linger while its waters surge\\nand its hills re-echo the sound.", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "JUN 11 1900", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1660", "width": "2635", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1680", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "cooperstownotseg00coo_0040.jp2"}}