Category Archives: Brooks and Ponds
Revisiting 1942 Flood in Barryville
I thought my Halfway Brook readers might enjoy the larger images even though a few of these photos have been posted before: May 1942 Flooding Barryville Afloat. I have rescanned them larger and/or with some tone. Click on photos twice … Continue reading
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1940s Barryville from Shohola
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D&H Canal Near Pond Eddy
Washington Lake Aerial View
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The Goose Lot and Stone Walls
April 27, 1864 Dear Brother Sherman, We are all well at present. We have got our new barn a going up at last. We are doing the foundation now and we have put the last stones in that you pried … Continue reading
February 1932
February 1932 “The Japanese and Chinese are fighting,” Ella wrote on February 1 and 6. What little snow was on the ground was gone by the end of the first week of February. Bill Meyers Jr. stopped by a few … Continue reading
May 1942 Flooding
Monday, May 18, 1942, Aida Austin was disappointed she could not get her cracked wheat bread at the A&P. She stopped in at Andrew Parker’s for a paper and saw Bertha Sullivan and her sister. When Aida was at Randolph’s … Continue reading
Stege Pond Bridge
Robert Greig’s brothers Thomas and Bennett Greig wanted to create a high class hunting and fishing club on Mill Pond (later called Stege’s Pond). They had rice growing on the upper end of the pond to benefit the large population … Continue reading
Blind Pond Brook
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