These postcards were sent to my Austin grandparents in 1908. William Howard Taft, Secretary of War and close friend of President Theodore Roosevelt was the Republican Party candidate for President of the United States in 1908. The Democratic nominee was … Continue reading
My dad’s oldest brother, Mortimer McKinley Austin (Mac) fought in WWI. Sometime around January 1918, Raymond Austin sent his brother Mac’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, address to the Lone Scout magazine asking for people to write Mac. Many girls wrote from all … Continue reading
Echo Hill and Mountain Grove will be the second book in the series, Memoirs from Eldred, New York, 1800 to 1950. This second book will tell the story of the many boarding houses in the Town of Highland, starting in … Continue reading
Postcard in the Austin family collection. I’ve been working quite a bit on Echo Hill and Mountain Grove, the next book in my Eldred series. This is one of the many postcards sent to my Austin grandparents or their children … Continue reading
Rhode Island Battleship Battleship on 1907 postcard sent to McKinley Austin. Idaho Battleship on 1907 postcard sent to McKinley Austin. There are a number of postcards from the early 1900s in my mom’s collection. These two battleship postcards were sent … Continue reading
Fifth Avenue, New York City. Post Card from 1907. I’ve been working on book 2, “Echo HIll and Mountain Grove.” The following tongue-in-cheek article was taken from a newspaper clipping in my great-grandmother Mary Ann Eldred Austin’s scrapbook. I think … Continue reading
Augustus Austin and his wife, Maria Eldred Austin. Photo courtesy of cousin Kathy T. The Mill on Halfway Brook tells the story of the January 1916 birth of Phebe Maria Eldred just 10 days after her parents, James and Polly … Continue reading
First of all I would like to thank those of you who bought, The Mill on Halfway Brook. I hope you enjoy reading the book. It’s been busy times and a steep learning curve with the publishing of The Mill … Continue reading
Book 1, The Mill on Halfway Brook, starts off in the town of Lumberland, the main occupation of the people there relating to lumber. Before 1880, when Book 2 starts, the work base has shifted to work on the canal, … Continue reading
