Identifier: americanannualof28newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ique old stone churchbuilt by Sir William Johnson, the famous tory governor, andjust west of that is the stone home of Herkimer himself, oneof those homes that the Dutch farmers risked and gave theirlives to defend. About three miles east of Little Falls thebody of Herkimer lies in the ancient burying ground, markedby a tall monument. 262 Our scent for history takes us on to Palatine Bridge, wherewe will call on S. Ludlow Frey, an authority on the annals ofthe Mohawk Valley, and take a picture of the fine old colonialhouse in which he lives. He will tell us, though, that it is nota genuine antique, as it dates only from 1808, and will pointout to us a perfectly preserved house at the foot of the hill,built in 1739 of stone with loopholes for firing at the Indians(Figure 2). Across the river we find the town of Canajoharie,a miniature Nuremberg. If you wish you may take pictureshere to be made into illustrations for the Pied Piper ofHamelin. The central square has been decorated by the
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Figure 1.BATTLEFIELD OF ORISKANY. D. A. R. with a fountain inscribed, This fountain marksthe N.E. terminal of the Continental road constructed underthe supervision of General Clinton to Otsego Lake, June 17,1779. Another old stone building with loopholes, miscalledFort Rensselaer and occupied by a historical society, is in thetown. Canajoharie Creek, flowing through a deep gorge overan exposed rocky bed, will render unnecessary your contem-plated trip to the Rhine. Now we will return to the town of Herkimer and takeanother trolley across lots to Cooperstown. If you do notbelieve that Otsego Lake (Figure 3) is beautiful, read theDeerslayer. Cooper loved it and transplanted that love to 263 his books, so that every foot of this country breathes with thespirit of Cooper. Leatherstocking Falls, Fairy Spring, thesource of the Susquehanna River, Natty Bumppos cave farup on the mountainside, and the smooth shining lake forwhich Cooper had his own pet name of Glimmerglass, areforever bound to

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