An appreciative thank you to John Conway, who featured Echo Hill and Mountain Grove in his recent weekly Retrospect historical column for the Sullivan County Democrat. The complete article can be read at Retrospect by clicking on “New Book on … Continue reading
Recently both The Mill on Halfway Brook and Echo Hill and Mountain Grove were featured in the River Reporter. A special thank you to Sandy Long for her review: Books bring Community Stories to Life. An excerpt follows with a … Continue reading
Crest Hill Cottage, Barryville 1-1/2 miles from Shohola Station; Health resort; elevation 1,600 feet. Superior rooms and board. Send for circular. Mrs. Greig. —Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 23, 1895. Highland Cottage, Yulan On Washington Lake; near Shohola Glen, on Erie … Continue reading
Less than five miles east of Zane Grey’s future property was an old D&H Canal office building in Barryville that Asher and Carrie Pelton had turned into a Soda Factory. The Pelton Company made their own bottles and filled them … Continue reading
Bradley Farm Boarding House, Eldred Isaac M. Bradley, Proprietor 6 miles from Shohola. Conveyance, $1; 5 single, 12 double rooms; adults $6 to $8; children $4 to $5; servants $5 to $6; $1.50 per day; discount for season. Centre of … Continue reading
Sullivan County has of late years almost been annexed to Brooklyn, so large is the Brooklyn exodus which sets in each year with the heat of summer for the crests of the Shawangunks and the picturesque valleys beside the sparkling … Continue reading
This was the scene looking out the window of the Kaese home. Washington Lake is in the background. From 1886 to 1894, an Edward Prange is mentioned as owning Lake View Farm House, a boarding house. Accommodate 20; 13 rooms; … Continue reading
In 1888 to 1890, the Erie RR brochures included Chas. C. Racine as having a boarding house in Eldred. 10 miles [from Shohola which seems a little too many miles]; conveyance, $1. 1 double, 6 single rooms; adults, $7; children, … Continue reading
There were several Crandall families in Highland who seem to be related. Milton and Martha Crandall’s Cold Spring Farm (advertised in 1897) was just off Irishtown Road. Milton had hand dug wells and had run a pipe from the spring … Continue reading
The Spring House on the left was owned by George Layman in 1900. During the last preceding summer and fall [1900], Stephen St. John Gardner renovated the structure [bridge] generally, added additional cables; laid a new floor, supplied new stringers, … Continue reading
