I hope my Halfway Brook friends will find the new series of posts (which start in 1600s Connecticut) of interest. There is a connection to Lumberland. Around 1800 Connecticut descendants were running out of property. New York (including Lumberland) was … Continue reading
It has been three years since I posted photos of the library closest to me and the snake alert signs. Along with online research—including very helpful people at Dodd Research Center and Connecticut State Library both with amazing resources—I have … Continue reading
The Empire State Building In March construction started on the Empire State Building. Up to 3,000 men worked on the framework which rose at a rate of four to five stories per week. The masonry work started in June and … Continue reading
March 1845 March 1848 March 18, 1865 March blizzard 1888
I hope everyone is staying well, safe when they travel, and drinking lots of nice warm beverages—tea, hot chocolate, or coffee. I lived through almost 40 winters in Michigan, but this winter in the midwest and northeast sounds major. If … Continue reading
What does Bullet Hill School built in 1762 in what was at that time Woodbury, CT, have to do with Halfway Brook, you ask? In 1769, David Hickok (who had attended Yale, though not completed a degree), mentioned in his … Continue reading
Here is the History of the Congregational Church in what is now Eldred, New York. The Church was built in 1835 and still stands. (Click on “Continue reading” to see the rest of the history.) There have been some corrections … Continue reading
The cover on the History of the Town of Highland reminds me of the end of December 1815 arrival (according to my family story) of my Eldred ancestors (from Orange County, NY), in what is today Eldred (but at one … Continue reading
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