. The story of Cooperstown . nchored near the western bank wastrimmed with flags, bunting, and vines. Directlyacross the river, on the eastern point of the outlet,the newly erected marker was concealed beneaththe folds of an American flag. While a bandplayed The Stars and Stripes Forever, thespectators who lined the shore saw approachingfrom beneath the green foliage down the rivera canoe paddled by a young man who wore thegay dress and war-paint of a Mohawk with him In the canoe were two little girls,attired in patriotic colors. The three in the canoewere lineal descendants of Re
. The story of Cooperstown . nchored near the western bank wastrimmed with flags, bunting, and vines. Directlyacross the river, on the eastern point of the outlet,the newly erected marker was concealed beneaththe folds of an American flag. While a bandplayed The Stars and Stripes Forever, thespectators who lined the shore saw approachingfrom beneath the green foliage down the rivera canoe paddled by a young man who wore thegay dress and war-paint of a Mohawk with him In the canoe were two little girls,attired in patriotic colors. The three in the canoewere lineal descendants of Revolutionary stock. ^History of Cooperstown, Livermore, p. 17. The FreemansJournal, Oct. 31, 1825. Otsego Farmer, Sept. 6, 1901. A BYPATH OF THE REVOLUTION 71 The young girls were Jennie Ordelia Mason andFannie May Converse, both descendants of JamesParshall, an orderly sergeant who was presentat the building of the dam in 1779. The Indianwas impersonated by F. Hamilton McGown, adescendant of John Parshall, private, a brother. Site of Clintons Dam of James Parshall. The canoe was paddled closeto the eastern shore, and the three occupantsdrew aside the flag which concealed the marker,amid the applause of the spectators assembledon the banks. The trio in the canoe then driftedback down the river, and were soon lost to viewbeyond the overhanging branches. 72 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN The marker is a large boulder placed a fewfeet from the eastern bank of the river at thevery outlet of the lake. Surmounting the rock is aten-inch siege mortar thirty inches in length andweighing 1971 pounds, which did service at FortFoote, Maryland, during the Civil War. On thewestern side of the boulder is a bronze tabletmarked by the insignia of the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution, and bearing this inscription: Here was built a Dam the summer OF 1779 BY THE Soldiers under Gen. Clinton to enable them to join THE Forces of Gen. Sullivan AT Tioga. Four years after Clintons troops had madetheir famou
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