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
1940s Barryville from Shohola
D&H Canal Near Pond Eddy
Washington Lake Aerial View
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