“If you are raised on Halfway Brook water, you will always come back.”—Bertha Boyd Wilson to Melva Austin, 1943. Farewell to Eldred resumes the narrative of Echo Hill and Mountain Grove, in the year 1920. Over a hundred years have … Continue reading
Hello Halfway Brook friends, Hopefully in a week “Farewell to Eldred” will be available for purchase. There were some changes that needed to be made to the first book proof. A new file was uploaded and a second proof copy … Continue reading
The year is 1920. Mort and Jennie Austin managed Mountain Grove House east of Halfway Brook. The Leavenworths resided at Echo Hill Farm House on the west side of Eldred, near Blind Pond Brook. Farewell to Eldred concludes the story … Continue reading
Farewell to Eldred concludes the story of the families who settled on either side of Halfway Brook, in the Town of Highland, New York, first read about in The Mill on Halfway Brook, and continued in Echo Hill and Mountain … Continue reading
If you are knowledgeable about the Town of Highland, you may have said to yourself, “I don’t think Louise knows what she is talking about with these photos.” And you would have been correct. My mother has informed me that … Continue reading
Note: I have been told that this map is not accurate for the Highland Lake area. There was at one time a road (shown by the dotted line) that connected Proctor with Stege Road (starting before Halfway Brook). Though I … Continue reading
