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‘American Tragedy’ Sites Prepare For Uptick

Herkimer County Deputy Sheriff George Piper reviews photos of Chester Gillette's 1906 trial this afternoon in the courtroom where it occurred.  Officials at historical sites in Herkimer, the Adirondacks and Cortland are expecting an increase in visitors this summer due to Tobias Picker's "An American Tragedy," which opens next Friday at Cooperstown's Glimmerglass Festival.  (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
Herkimer County Deputy Sheriff George Piper reviews photos of Chester Gillette’s 1906 trial this afternoon in the courtroom where it occurred. Officials at historical sites in Herkimer, the Adirondacks and Cortland are expecting an increase in visitors this summer due to Tobias Picker’s opera, “An American Tragedy,” which opens next Friday at Cooperstown’s Glimmerglass Festival.  See details in the AllOTSEGO.life section of next week’s Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

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