Book 1, The Mill on Halfway Brook, starts off in the town of Lumberland, the main occupation of the people there relating to lumber. Before 1880, when Book 2 starts, the work base has shifted to work on the canal, … Continue reading
You may be wondering when/if Book I will be published this year. I know I am. Book I is in Book Limbo at present. Gary has done some awesome maps that will be so helpful as you read the story. … Continue reading
Lord & Taylor, based in New York City, New York, is the oldest upscale department store chain in the United States. Lord and Taylor began in New York in 1826, as a small dry goods store owned by cousins Samuel … Continue reading
Sears Gardner was the Town of Lumberland’s supervisor in 1825, when a school was started for children in the area of Halfway Brook Village and Barryville. James Eldred, was the Town Clerk, Commissioner of Highways, and in July, Town Marshall. … Continue reading
Getting food and necessities for living was quite challenging in Lumberland’s early days. Needed items were purchased from the Village of Newburgh—about sixty miles from Lumberland. The round trip on the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike took a week. Farm produce, cattle, and … Continue reading
Many wild animals still roamed the forest, in the 1820s, including bears. Years later, Jacob Stage’s wife, Martha Carmichael, told a story about her grandmother as a young mother. The menfolk had gone some distance to hunt and left Grandmother … Continue reading
In late 1824, Garrett Wilson and three other men purchased Shohola Lumber property in Shohola, Pennsylvania, across from what was then called the River Settlement, now Barryville. Mr. Wilson became the sole manager, and the company was “…constantly engaged in … Continue reading
