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5 unusual facts about Cooperstown


Girl Scouts of the Philippines

In 1948, the GSP became a full member of WAGGGS during the 12th World Conference held at Cooperstown, New York.

Ron Dittemore

Ron D. Dittemore (born April 13, 1952, Cooperstown, New York) is a former shuttle program manager for NASA, and is currently the president of ATK Launch Systems Group, formerly known as ATK Thiokol Propulsion, part of Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Inc.

Samuel Birdsall

He was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in Cooperstown, New York.

Wild Bill Hagy

Hagy's last known O-R-I-O-L-E-S cheer was performed at Ripken's Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York.

William Leete Stone, Sr.

At the age of seventeen, he became a printer in the office of the Cooperstown Federalist, and in 1813 he was editor of the Herkimer American, with Thurlow Weed as his journeyman.


Baseball Ontario

On June 4, 1838, a year before Abner Doubleday was recognized with inventing baseball in Cooperstown, New York, two teams from Oxford and Zorra townships met in Beachville, Ontario in what is now known as the first documented game in North American history.

Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad

Freight traffic on the CACV declined by the early 1980s to several cars per week, typically loads of lumber in Portlandville, animal feed at Agway in Milford, and several customers in Cooperstown.

Dorothy Montgomery

The association was largely responsible for the opening of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet

Rose agreed never to work in baseball again due to an accused betting scandal while managing the Cincinnati Reds and will likely be kept out of the Hall of Fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, because of it.

James Spione

The film premiered at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York, and went on to play theatres from the Berkshires to the Midwest.

John Bell Hatcher

Born in Cooperstown, Illinois, his farmer father moved the family when Hatcher was young to Cooper, Iowa, where he received his early education.

José Oquendo

It featured Randy and Jason Sklar of Cheap Seats going on a trip all the way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on a campaign to get José "The Utilityman" Oquendo inducted for his versatility to play any position on the baseball field.

Mary Lou Graham

″Lou Lou″, as her teammmates called her, is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York and unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

New York Yankees Museum

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr. called for the museum to function as a "Cooperstown South".

Otsego Hall

His daughter, Susan Fenimore Cooper, built her home in Cooperstown mainly with bricks and materials from the ruins of Otsego Hall

Rick Hummel

Hummel was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York in 2007 when he was honored with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.

Robert L. Gibson

Born in Cooperstown, New York, but considered the Lakewood area of east Long Beach, California, to be his hometown.

Superior Tours

On July 28, 2007, a fleet of 11 Superior buses transported 550 people to Cooperstown to see the induction ceremony of Cal Ripken, Jr. into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and was among several Baltimore-area bus companies that offered this service.

Susan Fenimore Cooper

Her home was built mainly with bricks and materials from the ruins of Otsego Hall, in Cooperstown, where her parents and grandparents lived.


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