PRINTER'S NO. 2067
No. 218 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, JUNE 11, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 11, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the Borough of Cooperstown, Venango County, on its
2 200th anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, The Borough of Cooperstown gets its name from
4 William Cooper, who settled at the confluence of the three main
5 branches of Sugar Creek in 1797; and
6 WHEREAS, Cooperstown grew slowly, gradually assuming the
7 proportions of a small village, with growth spurred by the
8 construction of mills for the grinding of flour and the sawing
9 of lumber; and
10 WHEREAS, William Cooper's gristmill was the first on Sugar
11 Creek and was built in the early part of the 19th century; and
12 WHEREAS, There were two distilleries and a tannery in the
13 vicinity of Cooperstown, and the Cooperstown woolen mills were
14 the first of any size established in the county; and
15 WHEREAS, The iron industry attained considerable prominence
16 by the year 1850, when there were four iron furnaces in
17 operation within the Cooperstown area; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the Borough
2 of Cooperstown in Venango County, on its 200th anniversary; and
3 be it further
4 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
5 the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Cooperstown.
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