To the left are two of the pages I referenced for “The Mill on Halfway Brook” regarding the arrival of the Eldreds in what would become Eldred, New York. The pages were copied by my great-aunt Aida Austin from what … Continue reading
I continue to organize my Halfway Brook files, when I am not doing new research. This is one of the many images which I scanned in color. I was on such a steep learning curve when I first began compiling … Continue reading
The early bunkhouses for lumbermen were small with dirt floors. Their later living quarters were usually in a larger building. The ground floor contained a room for the cook (who could be a woman, as in the case of my … Continue reading
April 27, 1864 Dear Brother Sherman, We are all well at present. We have got our new barn a going up at last. We are doing the foundation now and we have put the last stones in that you pried … Continue reading
The first two photos show where the old Leavenworth sawmill used to stand on Blind Pond Brook. The two stone walls were built to channel the water to the mill. A sluice was created utilizing the large vertical posts placed … Continue reading
This unusual survivor of a water powered vertical saw with few changes was located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and photographed in 1961. It is typical of the sawmills that were in Lumberland. It is a water-powered vertical saw with a … Continue reading
This is basically a repost of October 2009, with the addition of Gary’s helpful map. Cushetunk/Cochecton: In 1754, Connecticut Yankees established Cushetunk and claimed the Delaware River’s west bank for the Colony of Connecticut. Cochecton (cuh-SHEK-ton), meaning low land, is … Continue reading
In the early 1800s, there were only two roads to the Town of Lumberland—the Sackett Road and the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike. Neither of them, perhaps, deserved to be identified as roads. The Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike was a 70-mile plank road. … Continue reading
Charles Cotesworth Pickney (C.C.P.) Eldred Dies In March 1890 Uncle C.C.P. Eldred, the brother of Mary Ann Eldred Austin, Eliza Eldred Gardner, and Maria Eldred Austin, died. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Eldred was seven when he arrived in Lumberland with his … Continue reading
Albany, New York, Term 3, March 1873 My Dear Father, I had quite a serious time getting to the depot that morning as I had to change cars several times. I do not know what was the matter with the … Continue reading
