CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]The Indians[1]
[II.]The Coming of the White Men[26]
[III.]A Bypath of the Revolution[51]
[IV.]The Beginning of the Settlement[74]
[V.]A Village in the Making[89]
[VI.]Old-Time Love and Religion[109]
[VII.]Homes and Gossip of Other Days[130]
[VIII.]The Pioneer Court Room[150]
[IX.]Father Nash[163]
[X.]The Immortal Natty Bumppo[174]
[XI.]Strange Tales of the Gallows[192]
[XII.]Solid Survivals[211]
[XIII.]The Birthplace of Base Ball[247]
[XIV.]Fenimore Cooper in the Village[258]
[XV.]Mr. Justice Nelson[299]
[XVI.]Christ Churchyard[326]
[XVII.]From Apple Hill to Fernleigh[339]
[XVIII.]The Lake of Romance and Fishermen[364]
[XIX.]Twentieth Century Beginnings[393]
[Village Map and Guide][432]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Cooperstown], from the northwestJoseph B. Slote[Frontispiece]
[The Cooper Grounds]Arthur J. Telfer2
[Council Rock]Arthur J. Telfer8
[The Otsego Iroquois Pipe] 13
[At Mill Island]Charles Frederick Zabriskie21
[Joseph Brant], from the Romney portrait 52
[Site of Clinton's Dam]A. J. Telfer71
[Otsego Lake], from CooperstownA. J. Telfer78
[The Oldest House]Charles A. Schneider86
[William Cooper], from the Stuart portrait 91
[Averell Cottage]C. A. Schneider104
[The Worthington Homestead]Forrest D. Coleman110
[Christ Church]A. J. Telfer127
[The House at Lakelands], as originally built 131
[Mrs. Wilson] 133
[Lakelands]C. A. Schneider137
[Pomeroy Place]J. Patzig141
[Ambrose L. Jordan] 151
[Jordan's Home, and his Law Office]C. A. Schneider156
[The Home of Robert Campbell]J. B. Slote158
[Father Nash] 171
[Leatherstocking Monument]A. J. Telfer185
[Natty Bumppo's Cave]C. A. Schneider188
[Riverbrink]C. A. Schneider193
[Edgewater]A. J. Telfer212
[Residence of W. H. Averell and Judge Prentiss]C. A. Schneider221
[Woodside Hall]Forrest D. Coleman226
[The Gate-Tower at Woodside]Walter C. Stokes228
[Swanswick]A. J. Telfer230
[Shadow Brook]James W. Tucker233
[Hyde Hall]A. J. Telfer238
[Hyde Clarke], from the Emmet portrait 243
[A Wedding Day at Hyde]A. J. Telfer246
[Base Ball on Native Soil]A. J. Telfer249
[The Original House at Apple Hill] (now Fernleigh) 256
[Fenimore]A. J. Telfer259
[Otsego Hall], from an old drawing 260
[James Fenimore Cooper] 263
[The Chalet]A. J. Telfer265
[The Novelist's Library], a drawing by G. Pomeroy Keese 267
[A Page of Cooper's Manuscript] 269
[The Home of Nancy Williams]C. A. Schneider271
[Three-Mile Point]A. J. Telfer282
[The Call for the Indignation Meeting] 284
[The Cooper Screens in Christ Church]F. D. Coleman293
[At Fenimore Cooper's Grave]Alice Choate297
[Samuel Nelson, LL.D.] 300
[The Home of Justice Nelson]C. A. Schneider314
[Nelson Avenue]A. J. Telfer320
[Christ Churchyard], from the RectoryAlice Choate327
[The Cooper Plot, in Christ Churchyard]A. J. Telfer334
[A Funeral in Christ Churchyard]J. B. Slote337
[Main Street, Looking West from Fair Street], 1861 347
[Fernleigh]A. J. Telfer357
[Kingfisher Tower]M. Antoinette Abrams359
[The Lake, From the O-te-sa-ga]J. B. Slote365
[Fishermen's Shanties on the Frozen Lake]A. J. Telfer374
[Hop-Picking]Elizabeth Hudson378
[Map of Otsego Lake]Henry L. Eckerson381
[The Susquehanna, near its Source]A. J. Telfer383
[Leatherstocking Falls]A. J. Telfer387
[Five-Mile Point]A. J. Telfer388
[Mohican Canyon]M. Antoinette Abrams389
[Gravelly Point]A. J. Telfer391
[Bishop Potter]A. F. Bradley395
[The Rectory]C. A. Schneider396
[The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of New York]A. J. Telfer405
[Byberry Cottage]C. A. Schneider407
[The Clark Estate Office]A. J. Telfer409
[The Lyric at Cooper's Grave]J. B. Slote420
[Cooperstown, from Mount Vision]A. J. Telfer430
[Map of Cooperstown]H. L. Eckerson432