I am currently working on the years 1934 through 1941. I have this photo of my dad on a Merry-Go-Round. Does this location look familiar to anyone?
I am currently working on the Town of Highland Story in the years 1930 to 1933. My father graduated from Eldred Union (he was the only graduate that year) in June 1930 and then went to Baker Business School. I … Continue reading
I have recently pulled together the diaries and letters from 1942 to 1945, to form the skeleton of the text for the years of WWII. The following is a list of the Service men and women that I gleaned from … Continue reading
Does this house look familiar to anyone? It may have been in Lumberland.
I so appreciate the comments Halfway Brook readers have been making. I continue to group information and photos into the years 1920 to 1950 (plus or minus) for book 3, and today ran across this envelope from Sand Beach. I … Continue reading
I’ve collected quite a list of boarding house owners from 1920 to 1950. If anyone has more information or photos/postcards!! of the following boarding house owners, it would be greatly appreicated!! You can leave a comment after this post or … Continue reading
I have recently been reading books about World War II for background information for Book 3. Many from Highland served in World War II including my father, his brothers Bob and Bill Austin, and their cousin Jim Leavenworth. If your … Continue reading
My Austin grandparents’ third boarding house which they called “The Pines” was set in this triangle of land at one time called Becker’s Pine Grove. Grandpa purchased the house from Margaret Hellman around 1935. Around 1920 a young widow, Eleanora … Continue reading
