Hello Halfway Brook Friends!
I hope this finds everyone well.
I plan on posting old or nostalgic winter photos/images I found on the Library of Congress for my new Halfway Brook series. I hope you will enjoy them.
Kind Regards,
Louise Smith
Winter by J. Morviller. Chromo-Lithographed and Published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, 1869. Library of Congress: 2017650231.
(Click twice on the above map to see Eldred between the long white spot and two smaller ones, above the red Erie RR line.)
This Map exhibits in detail the topography of the country in which the many superior Summer Resting Places of the Erie are located.
Its attractions are as diversified as they are picturesque and beautiful.
Mountain and Lake and Stream—rapid, cascade and cataract, with rolling farmland and primeval forest, combine to render this region especially and peculiarly a sanctuary during the hot summer months to those who seek
REST, HEALTH, or RECREATION in the midst of rural beauty.
That thousands of city people year after year spend their summer somewhere within its borders gives ample testimony to its
WONDERFUL HEALTHFULNESS.
ITS SCENIC BEAUTIES ARE UNRIVALED.
AS A SANITARIUM IT IS PEERLESS.
Compiled and published by the Passenger Department of the
NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE, & WESTERN RAILROAD
A Ramble through Watkins’ Glen, even at noonday, is cool and delightful. Excepting Niagara itself, no place will bear comparison with this wild and picturesue gorge. Our illustration represents the famous Rainbow Falls.
Is perfectly pure, free from Acids and other foreign substances that injure Linen.
Is stronger than any other, requiring much less quantity in using.
Is uniform, stiffens and finishes work always the same.
Kingsford’s PulverizedCorn Starch for Puddings, Blanc-Mange, Cake, etc., is pure and delicate.
Preferable to Bermuda Arrowroot.
When you ask for Kingsford’s Oswego Starch, see that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted.
Sold by all First-class Grocers everwhere.
T. Kingsford & Son, Oswego, New York
Erie Train Stations Near the Delaware, 1880
• Excursion tickets were valid for continuous passage either going or returning on the date of issue or anytime within the next 30 days.
• Package tickets of 10, 20, or 25 were good for either direction until used.
• Commutation tickets were valid for continuous passage between the stations named on the tickets, if the train stopped at said station. The limit was 60 rides between the stations during the month named on the ticket.
Miles from New York City
Callicoon, New York, 136
Cochecton, New York, 130.75
Deposit, New York, 177
Goshen, New York, 59.75
Hancock, New York, 163.75
Hankins, New York, 143
Hawley, Pennsylvania, 127
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, 136
Lackwaxen, Pennsylvania, 111
Long Eddy, New York, 146.75
Lordville, New York, 153.5
Middletown, New York, 67
Narrowsburg, New York, 122.25
Parkers Glen, Pennsylvania, 102.25
Paterson, New Jersey, 16.75
Pond Eddy, Pennsylvania, 99
Port Jervis, New York , 88.25
Shohola, Pennsylvania, 107
Sparrowbush, New York, 90.75
Tuxedo, New York, 38.5
