Hello Halfway Brook friends, I am happy to tell you that Farewell to Eldred is now available from Halfway Brook for $42.95 which includes $5.50 shipping and handling. Gary added a “Look Inside” which includes the 30-plus pages of the … Continue reading
“If you are raised on Halfway Brook water, you will always come back.”—Bertha Boyd Wilson to Melva Austin, 1943. Farewell to Eldred resumes the narrative of Echo Hill and Mountain Grove, in the year 1920. Over a hundred years have … Continue reading
Hello Halfway Brook friends, Hopefully in a week “Farewell to Eldred” will be available for purchase. There were some changes that needed to be made to the first book proof. A new file was uploaded and a second proof copy … Continue reading
The year is 1920. Mort and Jennie Austin managed Mountain Grove House east of Halfway Brook. The Leavenworths resided at Echo Hill Farm House on the west side of Eldred, near Blind Pond Brook. Farewell to Eldred concludes the story … Continue reading
Farewell to Eldred concludes the story of the families who settled on either side of Halfway Brook, in the Town of Highland, New York, first read about in The Mill on Halfway Brook, and continued in Echo Hill and Mountain … Continue reading
If you are knowledgeable about the Town of Highland, you may have said to yourself, “I don’t think Louise knows what she is talking about with these photos.” And you would have been correct. My mother has informed me that … Continue reading
April 1940 Apparently, working on two houses in the family was not enough to keep Garfield Leavenworth busy. On Monday, April 1 (a rather cruel joke), Goldie’s roof heaved because of the ice, so Garfield helped his son. Two days … Continue reading
Tuesday, November 13, Maggie Dunlap, 61, died at the home of her sister Miss Emma Bauer at Beaver Brook. Maggie was the widow of the late Walter Dunlap. Her three sons: Charles and Harold of Eldred, and George of Middletown. … Continue reading
June 5, 1944, U.S. troops entered Rome. Lost in the Catacombs Art Austin arrived in Rome with the Fifth Army. He and his friends decided to visit the Catacombs. They managed to persuade the guard on duty at the catacombs, … Continue reading
