Barryville Boarding Houses, 1920–1921 Torwood Farm: Kerr Rose McQuirk Spring House: Christian Meyer Woodland Cottage: Colville Handsome Eddy: Agnes Schwab Maple Grove Farm: Anne Toaspern Cordes Delaware View Inn (Side Hill): Eggers and Rothenback Riverside Cottage: Louis and Mildred Warshauer
I always looked forward to the time when school would be out, for I never was too fond of studying and, besides, my parents ran a small summer boarding house to which a few families brought their children year after … Continue reading
Boarding Houses Ads, 1918 Highland Cottage Splendidly situated on Washington Lake. Accommodates 125; fine roads, dancing, bathing fishing, tennis, garage; $12 to $14. E.V. Kalbfus.—Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 25, 1918. Side Hill Farm House Own farm produce; $12 to $14 … Continue reading
Rockefeller’s Visit to Eldred Mr. John D. Rockefeller who recently visited Barryville and enjoyed the hospitality of Layman’s Spring House, examined carefully the excellent boarding house of Deacon A.S. Myers at Eldred. He expressed himself as highly pleased with Orchard … Continue reading
Hello Halfway Brook Friends. We have been having freezing temps at night for two weeks here in Arizona, and it has been a pretty hard winter back east, though sometimes the temps have fluctuated to something more reasonable. I received … Continue reading
A trip down nostalgia lane with a few more photos of activities and people enjoying their time at Green Meadows. Thank you to Diane Pankow, for sharing the photos. One summer a dog chased a fawn to Green Meadows, where … Continue reading
In 1950 Charlie Pankow married Ann Hughes, a regional account manager for the Woolworth Company, who had been a guest in the Highland Lake area. At the time Ann, her sisters, brother, and mother Lillian Hughes lived in Brooklyn. Ann … 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
Bosch Lake House The original Wilhelm Bosch Lake House was on Hartung Road, a bit north and west of the top of Highland Lake. Ed Bosch assumed ownership of Lake House in the early 1920s. Ed built a small house … Continue reading
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