Yulan Social Club Last Saturday night the Yulan Social Club held its regular monthly dance and supper at the Yulan Cottage. The affair was well attended and was a large success both socially and financially. Dancing, singing and games were … Continue reading
Barryville-Shohola Bridge In the 1920s some summer guests arrived at their favorite summer vacation place by automobile. Others still traveled by railway to the Shohola Station in Pennsylvania. After disembarking from the train, the vacationers crossed the Barryville-Shohola Suspension Bridge … Continue reading
Congregational and Methodist Churches In 1799 Isaac Sergeant helped establish what became the Eldred Congregational Church. Descendants of Rev. Isaac and his wife Mary Richards Sergeant resided in the Town of Highland in 1920. As did several relatives of Felix … Continue reading
Original and New Owners Some of the boarding houses had been in the area since around 1880. In the next twenty-seven years, new families (each with their own story) would move to the area. At least eight families would purchase … Continue reading
Lumberland Towns and Sawmills In 1838 the Town of Lumberland included what are now the Towns of Tusten, Highland, and Lumberland. The map shows Lumberland’s many sawmills on Halfway Brook, Beaver Brook, Ten Mile River, and other streams. The Delaware … Continue reading
This was first posted in April 2015. In the early 1800s, there were only two roads to the Town of Lumberland—the Sackett Road and the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike. Neither of them, perhaps, deserved to be identified as roads. The Newburgh and … Continue reading
November 1941 It rained quite hard most of Saturday in Eldred. Herman Sr. and Jr. were down to see Lon in the evening. They asked about putting up signs forbidding hunting. Harry Wormuth was in to see Lon after the … Continue reading
Green Meadows—Matchmaker’s Paradise Green Meadows (first Bosch’s Lake House, then Green Acres) was the most popular venue on Highland Lake for many years. Located on the swampy end of Highland Lake, Green Meadows did not even have a beach, just … Continue reading
Lon and Aida Austin In 1940 Aida, 79, and Lon, 83 (who had never married) continued to live in Eldred and refer to it as “the Village.” They each lived in their own place next door to each other, on … Continue reading
December 1933 in Eldred December was a month for skating, visiting, and getting ready for Christmas. Jim and Anna skated on Bosch Pond. Laura McBride stopped and visited with Ella. Clinton and Ella visited with her stepmother Anna at Highland … Continue reading
