Otsego stories
Subtitle: a bicentennial collection
By: Bob Engstrom-Heg ... [et al.] ; cover design and illlustrations by Tina Morris ; layout and typing by Pam Peters ; editorial assistance by Blevyn Wheeler
Contributors: Lewis, Elsie; Mallery, Joyce; Swain, Bill; Woolever, Khuki; Morris, Tina; Peters, Pam; Wheeler, Blevyn; Storytelling Center of Oneonta
Publisher: The Report Company, Inc.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Walton,  N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Folklore; History
Description: Otsego Stories had its start during the bicentennial celebration of the founding of Otsego County in 1992.  Members of the Storytelling Center of Oneonta, encouraged by a decentralization grant for the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, sought out stories based in the county over those two hundred years.  This collection is but a few of the many stories with their roots in Otsego County.  The stories in printed form make interesting, as well as informative, reading about life in the county.  But these stories were adapted by the Oneonta storytellers to be told - as they were done initially. As crafted in this volume, the stories have been told to groups throughout Otsego County.  It is the intent that this publication will encourage the oral tradition and perpetuate the wonderful folklore of Otsego County. ... So take these stories and make them your won.  That is where the magic is. -Introduction
Notes: Adapted for storytelling by the Storytelling Center of Oneonta.
Table of contents: title: The legend of Manaho; title: The death of Chief Schenevus; title: Girl in the bears' den; title: Adam Helmer's run; title: Sometimes crime does pay; title: David Elerson and the Clinton expedition; title: Unwelcome visit; title: The mysteries of Dumpling Hill; title: How Cooperstown came to be the county seat; title: Elish and the bear; title: - The absentee hostess; title: A bit of dirt; title: Judge Page and "Old Trinity"; title: The Unadilla hunt; title: Israel Roberts and the gift horse; title: The ball that almost was; title: The ball that almost was, as Moses Barnard may have seen it; title: Young Dr. Beanpole; title: The beautiful award banner; title: Jesse Alpin stories; title: A Worcester hero; title: The witch's spell; title: Trouble in the potato field; title: A snake in school; title: The war of the steeples.