Author Archives: Louise Smith
Hickok Falls and Water Wheel
I am hoping that one of my Halfway Brook readers has the originals of these postcards and could scan them for me. (For print work I need larger images.) Also if anyone has any information about the Hickok Falls or … Continue reading
Revisiting 1942 Flood in Barryville
I thought my Halfway Brook readers might enjoy the larger images even though a few of these photos have been posted before: May 1942 Flooding Barryville Afloat. I have rescanned them larger and/or with some tone. Click on photos twice … Continue reading
1940s Barryville from Shohola
1940 Shohola-Barryville Bridge
Delaware River at Barryville?
This photo is from my recent finds at my mother’s home. I think it is a view of homes and a garage? in Barryville, possibly Shohola on the Delaware River. Can any of my Halfway Brook readers help? I assume … Continue reading
Another View of Hawk’s Nest
Recipes from Grandma Briggs
In my vast collection of photos and information related to the Town of Highland, NY, are scans of recipes of my grandmother Myrtie Briggs who lived in Barryville from 1935 to 1945. Her Canadian War Cake was on an earlier … Continue reading
1925 Christmas: 36 Dolls
At half past three o’clock on the morning of October 4, 1925, a 1922 Model-T Ford covered with the dust of many states rattled through the Bowne Memorial Gateway of Drew Theological Seminary and came to a labored halt.—Marion Furness. … Continue reading






