title: Remembering Youngstown: Tales from the Mahoning Valley (American Chronicles)
author: Mark C. Peyko
description: Mark Peyko is the editor and publisher of the Metro Monthy, a publication which covers the Youngstown-Warren area, and his co-authors are all writers at The Metro Monthly. Mr. Peyko has been published in numerous publications, including the New York Times, and has taught writing classes at Youngstown State University. As a trustee of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society and President of the North Side Citizens Coalition for Community Development, Inc., Mr. Peyko has many connections to the local community.
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  # The Story of Cooperstown
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Ralph Birdsall
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
  http://www.blackmask.com
  
  * [FOREWORD.](stocoop_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I. THE INDIANS](stocoop_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF THE WHITE MEN](stocoop_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. A BYPATH OF THE REVOLUTION](stocoop_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNING OF THE SETTLEMENT](stocoop_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. A VILLAGE IN THE MAKING](stocoop_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. OLD-TIME LOVE AND RELIGION](stocoop_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. HOMES AND GOSSIP OF OTHER DAYS](stocoop_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. THE PIONEER COURT ROOM](stocoop_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. FATHER NASH](stocoop_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. THE IMMORTAL NATTY BUMPPO](stocoop_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. STRANGE TALES OF THE GALLOWS](stocoop_split_13.ht