I am quite excited to share my extensive collection of postcards from the Town of Highland over the coming weeks. The 2012 post on Real Photo Postcards may be of interest as you view these many postcards. Real Photograph Postcards … Continue reading
Before I started researching and writing my Halfway Brook books, I ran across a site that posted postcards from the Eldred area, which included Mountain Grove, my Austin grandparents’ boarding home (where my father grew up). Dad was living there, … Continue reading
Camp Shelby is located 12 miles from the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was built to accommodate 55,000 soldiers and is the second largest training camp. It cost more than $22 million. Home of some 50,000 fighting men, Camp Shelby … Continue reading
The Flatiron Building in NYC, was one of the buildings I became interested in as I researched information for my Halfway Brook books. Here is a collection of my posts with the addition of a typical floor plan. Times Square … Continue reading
Halfway Brook readers may remember I made several posts about the Roebling Bridge. You may enjoy reading this post from 2013 that I recently found: Roebling’s Delaware Aqueduct Revisiting HWB posts on Roebling Bridge: I’ve added an image and link … Continue reading
In 1876 Julia Smith published Abby Smith and Her Cows, a collection of newspaper articles, letters, and speeches regarding their taxes and a woman’s right to vote. The book also included one of their court cases. “There were seven cows … Continue reading
“We repaired to the Misses Smith where we were to spend the night and part of Sunday. It is a wide, roomy, hospitable mansion, with old-fashioned fireplaces, old-fashioned pictures, and most of the furniture of an ancient date. “Two bay … Continue reading
• May 15, 2022 • 3:30 • Museum on the Green • Glastonbury, CT • $5 • Bring lawn chair Reenactment of the April 1874 events (below) when the Smith sisters went to Town Hall to plead for the right … Continue reading
