Oneonta ’49ers Became Wealthy, Shared It Here GOHS Exhibit Also Highlights Huntington’s Anti-Slavery Views That Collis Huntington, who left Oneonta and made a fortune – not mining in the California Gold Rush, but selling gold miners the equipment they needed – may have feuded with his hometown from time to time, said Ed Rowley, top photo, left, an organizer of “Oneonta’s Forty-Niners,” which opened this afternoon at the Oneonta History Center. “It’s a good story,” said Rowley, but any feuding…
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BROOKWOOD POINT Ed Rowley’s Portfolio Raised in the Town of Oneonta, Ed Rowley spent many boyhood summers at his family’s camp on Otsego Lake, soon becoming familiar with such Glimmerglass’ charms as Brookwood Gardens, about a mile up the west wide of the lake, then owned by the late Bob Cook. Later, as Rowley pursued a lifelong interest in photography, he captured hundreds of images of the much-beloved property. With Otsego Land Trust’s Grand Reopening of the 22-acre lakeside parcel…