Age 150, Cardiff Giant Still Excites Enthusiasm By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s 150 years later, and New York State’s greatest hoax is still bringing in the gawkers. “The Cardiff Giant is still a favorite,” said Todd Kenyon, The Farmers’ Museum communications director. “It’s part of American folklore.” On Wednesday, Oct. 16, got into The Farmers’ for just 50 cents, the original price paid to see it under a tent in George Hull’s backyard. That evening,…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 Cardiff Giant 150th Birthday Bash CELEBRATION – 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Celebrate 150th birthday of Cardiff Giant. Pay $0.50 to see the giant, enjoy a GIANT cake, hear the stories of the hoax, enjoy a performance of the show, party like its 1869. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/stec_event/birthday/0 CLICK FOR MORE HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
Pinch Yourself! In Age Of Automobile, Steam Power Returns To Cooperstown If you hurry, you may get a chance to see a rarity in Cooperstown: A steam engine, now paused across Route 28 from the Price Chopper parking lot. Part of the 150th celebration of the Milford-based Coopertown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, the train is proceeding to the former Glen Avenue crossing in the next few minutes, before returning to the anniversary celebrations in Milford. Inset, conductor Bruce Hodges, president,…
Steam Engine Arrives At Milford Train Station Paul Sternitzke, Milford, operates a bucket loader to guide a steam engine, owned by Scott Symans, right, off of a flatbed truck and onto the tracks at the Milford Train station earlier this afternoon. The steam engine will be a featured attraction in this weekend’s 150th anniversary celebration of the Cooperstown Charlotte Valley Railroad, including a ride from Milford to Cooperstown, Saturday July 13. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
SUMMER DREAMS COVER STORY C&CV’s 150th Party Recreating Hoopla Of Original Launch By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Call it The Little Engine That Can. Donall Sullivan’s little train, out of commission for more than 15 years, will once again carry passengers – of all ages! – from Milford’s Wilber Park to the 150th anniversary celebration of the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Saturday, July 13. “Sullivan was a tool-and-die man and he built a little train…
