1873 Sunday afternoon
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Author Archives: Louise Smith
Hickok Gravesite & Questions
Do any of my Halfway Brook readers know the first names of the Hickok family members buried in this enclosure in the Old Eldred Cemetery. On the “New Book” tab above, I have listed names of families who at one … Continue reading
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Travel By Railroad—1854
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Stagecoaches, etc.
I know of no place that seems pleasanter to me or agreed more with my health than Lumberland.* —Abby Smith, Nov. 1854. In 1854 Abby and Laurilla Smith from Glastenbury,** CT, visited Hannah Eldred and her daughter Mary Ann Austin … Continue reading
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Delaware River and Shohola, PA
1907 Mott Street, New York City
This is the color postcard of Mott Street where C.S. Bok, a friend of my grandfather Mort Austin lived. Grandfather Austin met C.S. Bok at Centenary Collegiate Institute (Hackettstown, NJ) in 1891. 1896 1327 Fifth Ave., New York, Sept. 5, … Continue reading
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Barryville School House
In 1867 a one-roomed school house was built in Barryville. Behind the school house were falls known at one time as Fish Cabin Falls. Grades one through eight were taught there from 1867 until 1949. The building is still in … Continue reading
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1908 Calendar Fan
Several people commented on the Methodist Church photo (shown here) in The Mill on Halfway Brook, 1800–1880 as looking so stark. I recently found the photo with August 1908 written on the back—I think by Aida Austin. I learned later … Continue reading
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1884 Autograph Book
Mort Austin Returns to Kansas In the winter of 1883–1884 my grandfather Mort Austin returned to work for his brother Ell who ran Henry Parmenter’s farm in Saline County, Kansas. Before Mort left, he had family and friends sign his … Continue reading
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Eldred Main Street 1920
Proctor Road View This is the view the Austins (my dad, his brother Bob, and sister Elizabeth) had on their way to school. The Eldred Schoolhouse on the left; Von Ohlen’s store on the right. Part of Charles Wilson’s (later … Continue reading
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