SUMMER DREAMS
Diorama Of Massacre
In Trove Of Artifacts
At Cherry Valley Site
Local Museums Are Full Of Surprises
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
CHERRY VALLEY – In the homesteads of Cherry Valley, even the dogs had to help out with the chores.
“We have a dog treadmill from the 1893 Sears & Roebuck catalogue,” said Barbara Bill, director of the Cherry Valley Museum. “It was attached to a butter churn, and you hung a bone up front and the dog would walk on it to crank the butter churn.”
The dog treadmill is just one piece of the packed Cherry Valley Museum, one of nearly a dozen smalltown museums that track the history of very local life in Otsego County, from the earliest settlers to the present day.
“It’s amazing how many people aren’t aware of their local history,” said acting president Terry Cox. “But they can come here and learn all about it.”