Chas. Metzger, Tannersville, N.Y., to Mort Austin, Eldred January 18, 1895 Dear Friend Mort, I heard the other day that you was in winter quarters so I have concluded to drop you a few lines. I suppose you saw Rob … Continue reading
The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression similar to the Panic of 1873 and the worst depression in the U.S. until the Great Depression. The panic was caused by railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off … Continue reading
On the right is the second Parker Hotel built by J.Y. Parker. The building in the middle of the photo (on the northeast corner) was at one time the W.H. Wilson Store. To the right of the Wilson store was … Continue reading
C.S. Bok, Hackettstown, N.J., to Mort Austin, Eldred June 11, 1894 My dear Friend, Enclosed kindly find eight of your pictures and I kept the other four and did with them accordingly what you told me. I have also seen … Continue reading
C.S. Bok was a friend Mort Austin met at Centenary Collegiate Institute. Mort attended the Seminary only a year due to health or financial reasons, but C.S. Bok and Mort continued to correspond and visit each other for a number … Continue reading
Grandpa Mort Austin’s school board tax cost 80 cents in 1891!
Mort Austin received an acceptance letter from Centenary Collegiate Institute, a seminary in Hackettstown, New Jersey, in October 1890. Centenary was founded by the Newark Methodist Episcopal Church in 1867. It was built at a cost of $200,000. George H. … Continue reading
Mort Austin wrote to his brother Lon: “I have made up my mind to live an old bachelor the rest of my days. Don’t you think I would make a good one? “But I think you would do well to … Continue reading
Robert Greig’s brothers Thomas and Bennett Greig wanted to create a high class hunting and fishing club on Mill Pond (later called Stege’s Pond). They had rice growing on the upper end of the pond to benefit the large population … Continue reading
