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“Echo Hill and Mountain Grove” update: Cousin Cynthia and I are doing the indexing—over 1,500 names. Gary has completed some super maps, 6 family trees in the Appendix, adjusted almost 1,000 photos in photoshop, printed out 2 hard copies (510 … Continue reading →

Illustrations of the inside of an East River Bridge caisson. From “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,” v. 31, no. 785, October 15, 1870, p. 76; Library of Congress: LC-USZ62-124944. Caisson, French for box, is a sealed underwater structure. Caisson disease, another … Continue reading →

Beers 1870 map of Eldred. Hello Halfway Brook Friends, I am in need of a photo of James Eldred’s House built around 1830. George and Jennie Crandall were living in the house in 1939. It was located between “Ayers” and … Continue reading →

Dear Lillie, Can’t stay a whole week, but come Sunday if you get this in time and I’ll be glad to go home with you. If you can’t come Sunday, come Monday and I’ll be at Mother Crawfords. Lovingly, Jennie … Continue reading →

Tri-States Union, Port Jervis Newspaper Eldred February 1, 19197 It is a raw, cold day, so different from the spring weather of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark came in town to spend Sunday with her parents last Saturday. … Continue reading →

Page one of my great-great-grandmother Fanny Knapp Austin’s letter, courtesy of my cousin Melva. An Excerpt of the letter follows. Halfeway Brook January 11, 1857 Dear Children, You must excuse my not writing sooner. I have been waiting for something … Continue reading →