Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Bunkhouse from Chapter Five

by Louise Smith Posted on March 30, 2010

Sherman B., or Buckley, as Sherman Buckley Leavenworth was called, was one of those lumberjacks. Buckley’s wife Charlotte, according to the family story, was the cook for the lumberjacks who lived in the bunkhouse. Possibly the old bunkhouse on the … Continue reading →

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Chapter 5: The Mill on Blind Pond Brook

by Louise Smith Posted on March 30, 2010

Between Beaver Brook Mills and Halfway Brook Village, was Blind Pond, which had a brook of the same name. A mile or so southeast of Blind Pond was a sawmill powered by Blind Pond Brook. Blind Pond Brook. Photo courtesy … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4: Reverend Felix Kyte, The Congregational Church 1832 to 1835

by Louise Smith Posted on March 24, 2010

You ask the probable amount we would raise per Sabbath. I think we could raise $5 dollars per Sabbath for a season amongst ourselves… At the place in which we live there is a school house in which we hold … Continue reading →

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Chapter Two: The Mill on Halfway Brook

by Louise Smith Posted on March 22, 2010

Sixty years ago in December just closed, Grandfather Eldred came to this neighborhood. At that time it was called Lumberland. Uncle C.C.P. Eldred was a little over seven years old. Came from Orange County, Wallkill Township to Halfway Brook on … Continue reading →

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Chapter 1 The Town of Lumberland 1798 to 1815

by Louise Smith Posted on March 20, 2010

It was the beginning of December 1815. A lone log house and sawmill stood silently on almost two acres of cleared land near the middle of Halfway Brook, in the Town of Lumberland, New York. There were no other buildings … Continue reading →

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