Cooks birth to celebrate the occasion. and to renew their requests for an objective appraisal of the accomplishments of this exceptional American pioneer of the Polesboth North and South. In June the Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society. composed of a distinguished group of Arctic explorers. geographers. oceanographers. historians and interested citizens. will join with the Sullivan County Historical Society and the officials of the town of Delaware to mark the centennial of Dr. Cooks birth. Dr. Cook was born in the hamlet of Callicoon in Delaware township. Sullivan County. N.Y.. on June 10. 1865. the son of a German immigrant doctor who served in the Civil War. He spent much of his life in Erie County. N.Y.. and he is buried in Buffalos Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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