Several people commented on the Methodist Church photo (shown here) in The Mill on Halfway Brook, 1800–1880 as looking so stark. I recently found the photo with August 1908 written on the back—I think by Aida Austin. I learned later … Continue reading
Proctor Road View This is the view the Austins (my dad, his brother Bob, and sister Elizabeth) had on their way to school. The Eldred Schoolhouse on the left; Von Ohlen’s store on the right. Part of Charles Wilson’s (later … Continue reading
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
At half past three o’clock on the morning of October 4, 1925, a 1922 Model-T Ford covered with the dust of many states rattled through the Bowne Memorial Gateway of Drew Theological Seminary and came to a labored halt.—Marion Furness. … Continue reading
Cornroast and Clambake Every summer a group of folks would get together at Chester Middaugh’s house for a cornroast and clambake—including my great-uncle Lon Austin and the Briggs’ family.—Farewell to Eldred, p. 212. The back of this photo said “Chester’s.” … Continue reading
