This letter from Helen Hamilton is one of the many letters written to my uncle McKinley (Mac) Austin, who had enlisted when the U.S. entered WWI. Mac’s brother Raymond Austin had put a request in the Lone Scout magazine for … Continue reading
It’s been busy crazy times here, but I am gradually working my way through the Echo Hill and Mountain Grove manuscript the 4th time, and 500 pages. Above is my wonderful workspace powered by tea. • 2 monitors, the left … Continue reading
Mary DeVenoge Miller. Photo courtesy of M. Austin. Dr. and Mrs. DeVenoge’s daughter, Mary DeVenoge married Louis Miller. Louis and Mary Miller had a boarding house around 1900. Perhaps it was the one Mary’s folks had had that was featured … Continue reading
L. DeVenoge, MD, Eldred, Sullivan County, N.Y. 7 miles from Shohola, transportation $1.60 double room, adults $8 to $12; servants $8; discount for season. Good fishing; boats free. Dr. Leon DeVenoge owned a lot of property around Round Pond, which … Continue reading
1918 Card sent to McKinley Austin. Courtesy of M.B. Austin. 1920s card sent to Ell Austin from his granddaughter Dot. Courtesy of Kathy T. 1925 Postcard. Courtesy of Kathy T.
Bradley Farm Boarding House, Isaac M. Bradley, Proprietor 6 miles from Shohola. Conveyance, $1 each. Accommodate 35; 22 rooms; adults, $5 single; $1.50 per day. Center of trout, perch and pickerel fishing. Boats free. Deer, bear, partridge, rabbit, woodcock, wild … Continue reading
George Layman, proprietor of a large Summer boarding house at Barryville, Sullivan County, tied a rope around his neck, to which was attached a large stone, on Wednesday, and then waded out into the Delaware River to drown himself. His … Continue reading
Spring House, George Layman, Proprietor, Barryville 1886: 5 minutes’ walk from Shohola. Accommodate 35; 18 rooms; adults, $7 to $8; children under 12, half price; servants, $5; transient, $1.50 per day. Discount for season. Raises vegetables. Plenty fresh milk, eggs … Continue reading
1886 Austin Ledger 1 barrel of flour: $6.50 100 pounds of meal: 1.35 10 pounds of sugar: .70 2 pounds of coffee: .50 6 yards of shirting: .72 1 rake: .25 1 broom: .35
45th Street and Grand Central Depot, New York, Blizzard, March 1888. Photo courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce. Thomas Brady was a friend of my great uncle Lon (Albert Alonzo) Austin. Mr. Brady’s mentioned the Blizzard … Continue reading
