Show f I C Birthplace of Dr Cook I 1 yr J the birthplace of Frederick Frederick Fred Fred- fo erick A. A Cook is a picturesque village of 1200 inhabitants 48 is miles above Port Jarvis It is miles from New NewYork NewYork Nework York ork and is reached by the Erie rail rail- road The entire population of ot Galli- Galli con and ten miles milts within its radi radius Ud is c ck k of or derman origin Durin During the car early oOs several hundred hundred hun hun- dr dred d German immigrants arriving in New York New York were advised to go to the s 's j beautiful countr country land was r cheap and they could mako make a comfortable comfortable com com- 1 for ble living by farming The emigrants emigrants emit emi emi- t grants started out It required three days to get there There are several men and women still living in Calli- Calli con who are arc 80 SO years old oll or more r re who rho were amon among that party part of emir emi emi- r- r i grants where Dr Cook went to school is iJ two and aud a halt half miles from ti f. f along a beautifully wooded ti road running along North Branch t a Creek It is a village o of an altitude 1 e J of two thou thousand and feet about two hundred hundred hun hun- 5 dred inhabitants lying between t commanding hills lulls and beautiful seene seen seen- ft 0 e erv ery J Dr Cooks Cook's father was a German his original name having been Koch I a To anyone acquainted with the country coon coun Ir try the fact that young oung Cook went wenton on exploring expeditions is not t ing The fhe vicinity is full of nooks strange caves and rocks around which II i tradition has woven a wonderful P f story and from the sides of the mountains everlasting springs springs springs' flow i w into the creek It is the boast of the the- inhabitants that springs never went dry there and aud the supply of pure water is inexhaustible Ne New New NewYork York World |