Monthly Archives: October 2010
Snow in Eldred
The Eldred Stage by Halfway Brook
This is one of my favorite photos courtesy of my mom. The Eldred Stage by Halfway Brook.
Halfway Brook Village or Eldred, New York
This is one of the super maps that my husband created for The Mill on Halfway Brook. Both the early names and current names are shown.
Eldred, New York, another view
View of Eldred from behind the schoolhouse. Across the street was the first Parker House built by James Y. Parker in the early 1870s. The hotel was owned by several families before it burned down in I think it was … Continue reading
Eldred, New York
Main Street looking South, Eldred, N.Y.
Eldred, New York
The next few posts will feature family postcards or photos of the village of Eldred, New York, where my Austin and Leavenworth relatives lived. This first photo was in Great Aunt Aida Austin’s photo album and looks to be a … Continue reading
On organizing “Echo Hill and Mountain Grove”
Organizing the boarding houses that will be in “Echo Hill and Mountain Grove.’ Since April, I have been working on Echo Hill and Mountain Grove, book 2 in the series, Memoirs from Eldred, New York, 1800 to 1950. Echo Hill … Continue reading
1609–1909 Navigating the Hudson River
This is 1909 Postcard is in the Austin collection of my mother.
Eldred News, February 17, 1919
Tri-States Union, Port Jervis Newspaper Eldred February 1, 19197 It is a raw, cold day, so different from the spring weather of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark came in town to spend Sunday with her parents last Saturday. … Continue reading