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‘Around Hartwick,’ Photographic History,

Published By Arcadia, Historical Society

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HARTWICK – “Around Hartwick,” the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series, is scheduled to be released July 27 by the Hartwick Historical Society.

The book contains over 200 vintage images, many never-before published, and showcases memories of days gone by.

“Around Hartwick” depicts the history of the rural town at Otsego County’s geographical center.

Named for John Christopher Hartwick, an itinerant German preacher with the dream of a “New Jerusalem” church and school, the town became the site of the first Lutheran Theological Association in America.

Abundant water sources powered large woolen, cotton, and paper mills in Clintonville, Toddsville, and South Hartwick. Fertile land produced farm crops, including a contribution to the highest yield of hops in the world.

With extension of the electric trolley north through the Otego Valley to the Mohawk Valley, the Hartwick hamlet prospered as the site of railway headquarters, central car-barns, and the sole power source for this vital transportation link.

With the advent of the mechanical age and changing economics, mills relocated, the railway ceased, and farm production declined. Today, the township enjoys renewed prosperity with the influence of history museums and baseball from nearby Cooperstown.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or at http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467123747/Around-Hartwick

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