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History of Oneonta, New York, USA

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• 1854 - Oneonta
  Oneonta, a post-township in the S. part of Otsego co., New York. Population, 1902.
  
  Oneonta, a post-village in the above town ship, on the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1881 - A GREAT FIRE IN A SMALL TOWN. ONEONTA'S PRINCIPAL BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED - THE LOSS $50,000.
  ONEONTA, N. Y., July 27. - The largest conflagration which has been seen in Oneonta for years broke out at 3:45 this morning in the drug store of N....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Main Street, Oneonta, N.Y.
  
•  1894 - A STATE NORMAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL BURNED.
  Cooperstown, N.Y., Feb. 16. - The state normal and training school at Oneonta was burned yesterday morning.
  
  The Oneonta state normal school was...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Oneonta
  Oneon'ta, a post-village in Oneonta township, Otsego co., N.Y., on the Susquehanna River, and on the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad, 82 miles W.S.W....Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1905 - NEW YORK TOWN SCORCHED.
  Oneonta, N. Y., June 2. - Damage estimated at $100,000 was done by a fire which began late last night and burned until this morning, destroying two...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1906 - BIG FIRE IN ONEONTA. TWO BUSINESS BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND TWO FIREMEN HURT.
  Utica, May 22. - Fire which broke out in Oneonta at 5:30 this morning and was not controlled until 8 o'clock, destroyed two business buildings, one...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Oneonta, a post-village in Oneonta township (town), Otsego co., N.Y., on the .Susquehanna River and on the Delaware and Hudson and the Ulster and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Birdseye View of Oneonta, N.Y. from Armory Tower, 1907
  
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  Municipal Building
  
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  Main Street above Maple, Oneonta, N.Y. (1907)
  
•  1908 - FLAMES RAGE IN ONEONTA. ARLINGTON HOTEL AND SEVEN OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED.
  Loss Is Estimated at $100,000 – Several Persons Had Narrow Escapes and Lost All Their Personal Property.
  
  ONEONTA, Dec. 28 – Fire which for a time...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  D. & H. Round House
  
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  State Normal School
  
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  Municipal Building and Westcott Block, 1909
  
•  1910 - HOTEL GUESTS FLEE FIRE BY LADDER ROUTE. THIRTY-FIVE HAVE CLOSE CALL IN CENTRAL AT ONEONTA.
  FLAMES CAUSE $100,000 LOSS.
  EMPLOYEE FOUND DEAD ON TOP FLOOR OF STRUCTURE - BLAZE STARTS NEAR ELEVATOR SHAFT AND WORKS DESTRUCTION...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Broad Street, from Depot
  
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  Central Hotel, 1910
  
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  D. & H. Depot
  
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  View on Electric Lake
  
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  First Baptist Church and Chestnut Street
  
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  Main Street River Bridge, 1910
  
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  Center Street School, Oneonta, N.Y.
  
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  Fox Memorial Hospital, 1912
  
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  M. N. Elwell & Son.
  Dealers in Flour, Feed & Meal
  
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  Chestnut Street and Methodist Church, 1914
  
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  "The Oneonta" Hotel
  
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  Oneonta High School
  
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  Public Library, 1922
  
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  Oneonta State Teachers College
  
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  Presbyterian Church and Parsonage