GOOSE STREET
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Legends & Lore®
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Folklore
- 226 Goose Street, Fly Creek, NY
- 42.715847, -74.970612
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Fly Creek Area Historical Society
GOOSE STREET
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GOOSE STREETEARLY 1900S NAMED BY LOCALS
TO HONOR THE GEESE WHICH
RESIDENTS PROUDLY MARCHED
THREE MILES TO THE ANNUAL
COUNTY FAIR IN COOPERSTOWN
NEW YORK FOLKLORE SOCIETY
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2017
The name, Goose Street, is reported to go back to the early 1900s when the Otsego County Fair was located in Cooperstown. It’s said that Goose Street was the shortest route to march gaggles of geese from Fly Creek to the fair that was about three miles away. Other livestock and poultry also took the route from Fly Creek to Cooperstown.