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Oneonta ’49ers Became Wealthy, Shared It Here

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…