James Fenimore Cooper

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James Fenimore Cooper

Born in Burlington on September 15, 1789, James Fenimore Cooper was the eleventh of William and Elizabeth Cooper's twelve children. When James was one year old, his family moved to the frontier of Lake Otsego, New York, where his father established a settlement which became modern-day Cooperstown.

Drawing on his experiences in upstate New York, Cooper authored several books about the American wilderness, including The Deerslayer and Last of the Mohicans. Though he never again lived in his birthplace, Cooper returned to the Burlington area for nearly two decades later in life.