I know this isnt about Cornwallvilles Observatory, but in regards to Pisgah, I have always wondered why no souvenirs have surfaced. If there were guests, then there should have been souvenirs. My father told me that there was a farm on the way to the top of Pisgah and during the summer months, they sold baked goods etc to the tourists. It was a popular place to go and yet there isnt much information about it. Lorna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:30 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cornwallville Observatory >I think this must refer to the Doolittle observatory on Mt. Pisgah in > Windham, which was destroyed by fire. Two women who were there when the > fire broke > out were only able to save the telescope and a few pieces of furniture. > Mr. > Doolittle also built a log cabin on that peak and filled it with antiques > to > educate visitors about how their ancestors had once lived. Guests could > stay > overnight in the hotel that adjoined the observatory so they could watch > the > sunrise. There's a very old photo of the observatory and hotel on page 376 > of John > Ham's book and I've seen a couple different postcard views of the log > cabin. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Lorna My late husband told me that there was a family by the name of George Coventry that lived on the way up to Mt Pisgah,he thought they were related to the Doolittle family.He remembered a lady by the name of Olive Covenrty.There was a man that he called Dommilie nickols that lived with her.He was down to Burtons playing cards when that house burned,She was supposedly down to the city where ever that was.Maybe some of the stuff from the observatory was at that house.I think these two people are buried at Pleasant valley cemetery.I hope you had a nice holiday aletha ----- Original Message ----- From: "lorna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cornwallville Observatory > I know this isnt about Cornwallvilles Observatory, but in regards to Pisgah, > I have always wondered why no souvenirs have surfaced. If there were guests, > then there should have been souvenirs. My father told me that there was a > farm on the way to the top of Pisgah and during the summer months, they sold > baked goods etc to the tourists. It was a popular place to go and yet there > isnt much information about it. > Lorna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:30 AM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Cornwallville Observatory > > > >I think this must refer to the Doolittle observatory on Mt. Pisgah in > > Windham, which was destroyed by fire. Two women who were there when the > > fire broke > > out were only able to save the telescope and a few pieces of furniture. > > Mr. > > Doolittle also built a log cabin on that peak and filled it with antiques > > to > > educate visitors about how their ancestors had once lived. Guests could > > stay > > overnight in the hotel that adjoined the observatory so they could watch > > the > > sunrise. There's a very old photo of the observatory and hotel on page 376 > > of John > > Ham's book and I've seen a couple different postcard views of the log > > cabin. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >