A trip down nostalgia lane with a few more photos of activities and people enjoying their time at Green Meadows. Thank you to Diane Pankow, for sharing the photos. One summer a dog chased a fawn to Green Meadows, where … Continue reading
September 1941 Monday, September 1, was Labor Day. Art was at the old Austin farm for quite a while in the morning. Tuesday morning Aida was once again at the A&P. In the afternoon her niece Lillie stopped by for … Continue reading
September 5, 1917 Dear Father, We had a holiday today as this is the day when the drafted men were called. There was a big parade in Chattanooga. My company was not in it fortunately and I had a day … Continue reading
In 1950 Charlie Pankow married Ann Hughes, a regional account manager for the Woolworth Company, who had been a guest in the Highland Lake area. At the time Ann, her sisters, brother, and mother Lillian Hughes lived in Brooklyn. Ann … Continue reading
Green Meadows—Matchmaker’s Paradise Green Meadows (first Bosch’s Lake House, then Green Acres) was the most popular venue on Highland Lake for many years. Located on the swampy end of Highland Lake, Green Meadows did not even have a beach, just … Continue reading
Bosch Lake House The original Wilhelm Bosch Lake House was on Hartung Road, a bit north and west of the top of Highland Lake. Ed Bosch assumed ownership of Lake House in the early 1920s. Ed built a small house … Continue reading
We had dug a well where we got water for our use. We carried the water to the barn in the winter for the animals because it was too slippery and they would fall on the ice. We had a … Continue reading
The Bosch Family and The Lake House Wilhelm and Mary Maier Bosch had a boarding house called The Lake House on Hartung Road, northwest of Highland Lake. In the early 1890s Wilhelm built the Lake House, a smaller residence, and … Continue reading
Army Stationery Mac and later Raymond usually wrote their letters on stationery from the Y.M.C.A. It seems there was a choice between paper with a Y.M.C.A. or Knights of Columbus letterhead. McKinley Austin to Jenny Austin August 12, 1917 Dear … Continue reading
