RALPH BIRDSALL Rector of Christ Church
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THE INDIANS
CHAPTER II THE COMING OF THE WHITE MEN
CHAPTER III A BYPATH OF THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER V A VILLAGE IN THE MAKING
CHAPTER VI OLD-TIME LOVE AND RELIGION
CHAPTER VII HOMES AND GOSSIP OF OTHER DAYS
CHAPTER VIII THE PIONEER COURT ROOM
CHAPTER IX FATHER NASH
CHAPTER X THE IMMORTAL NATTY BUMPPO
CHAPTER XI STRANGE TALES OF THE GALLOWS
CHAPTER XII SOLID SURVIVALS
CHAPTER XIII THE BIRTHPLACE OF BASE BALL
CHAPTER XIV FENIMORE COOPER IN THE VILLAGE
CHAPTER XV MR. JUSTICE NELSON
CHAPTER XVI CHRIST CHURCHYARD
CHAPTER XVII FROM APPLE HILL TO FERNLEIGH
CHAPTER XVIII THE LAKE OF ROMANCE AND FISHERMEN
CHAPTER XIX TWENTIETH CENTURY BEGINNINGS
VISITORS' GUIDE
Joseph B. Slote
Cooperstown From the Northwest