The Beck and Greig families, both from England, lived less than a mile north of Eldred Corners near Mill Pond (later called Stege’s). Their houses were not far from Board Road which went north to Bethel, New York, some 13 … Continue reading
The New York Herald Headquarters at Broadway and 34th Street was designed by McKim, Mead, & White in 1890. The building was completed by 1895. James Gordon Bennett Sr. had founded the Herald in 1835. His son James Bennett Jr. … Continue reading
On January 1, 1892, the U.S. Immigration Station on Ellis Island at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor opened. Previously, the states were responsible for immigrants. The first structure on Ellis Island burned down in 1897. … Continue reading
Jennie Crawford, Eldred, N.Y., to Lillie Austin, Bethel, N.Y. December 25, 1905 Dear Lillie, Let me tell you of my Xmas presents. Mrs. Maier gave me a summer shirt; George, a pound of Sparrow’s chocolates and more small boxes; Mom … Continue reading
Building supplies 35# hammer 2.80 3 cans paint .75 30 gal. paint 42.00 1 boot oil .10 5 L. nails .75 1 bbl. lime 1.50 4 bbl. lime 6.00 5 bbl. lime 7.50 3-1/2 plaster Paris .35 5 gallon b. … Continue reading
From Aida Austin’s 1881 Diary. N.Y.C., Saturday, Dec. 24, 1881 Net out this forenoon. Maria and I over to Macy’s this afternoon. Harry and I have just got in from Ridley’s. N.Y.C., Sunday, Dec. 25, 1881 Quite pleasant. We went … Continue reading
(The memoirs of Daniel Rowlee Schoonover play an important part in the story told in “Echo Hill and Mountain Grove.”) It was in 1880, and I was 8 years old that things was pretty tough: no work anywhere and Pa … Continue reading
In 1898 the last boat moved over the waterway [of the Roebling Aqueduct] and the following year the physical plant of the system was liquidated. Of the four suspension aqueducts that Roebling designed as part of the major enlargement operation, … Continue reading
