Happy New Year 2023 to my Halfway Brook Friends! I have a few more posts with old postcards. If you have suggestions for posts, please include your requests in the comment section. Thank you!
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The following books are on sale for the month of November. The cost includes Shipping, handling, and tax. The Mill on Halfway Brook Was: $27.95 NOW: $24.00 Echo Hill and Mountain Grove Was: $39.95 NOW: $32.00 Farewell to Eldred Was: … Continue reading
Oakdene William and Phoebe Middaugh Owen’s four-story Oakdene was first advertised around 1900. Oakdene was not on Washington Lake, but located southeast of the intersection of Airport Road and Washington Lake Road. Oakdene, run by Phoebe Owen for many years, … Continue reading
Camp Shelby is located 12 miles from the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was built to accommodate 55,000 soldiers and is the second largest training camp. It cost more than $22 million. Home of some 50,000 fighting men, Camp Shelby … Continue reading
This and the next post features envelopes from the 1920s and 1930s, usually addressed to C.M. Austin, my grandfather, Charles Mortimer (Mort) Austin. I am the keeper of most of my mom’s massive amount of photos and other information from … Continue reading
Yulan Boarding Houses Bodine’s Cottages, Henry and Blanche Bodine Grand Vue, Bornstein Park Hotel, Atwell Bradley Cold Spring Farm, Crandall Washington Beach Hotel, Henri Darriensecq Laurel Cottage, Abel Hazen Lakeview Farm, Kaese Highland Cottage, Edith V. Kalbfus Minisink Lodge, M.A. … Continue reading
