Hello Halfway Brook Friends! My new series: “Revisiting Halfway Brook,” looks back at Halfway Brook posts which started in fall 2009, the year my husband Gary created this site. In September of 2009, as Gary completely remodeled our kitchen (at … Continue reading
Hello Halfway Brook Friends! I hope your 2024 is off to a good start. Gary and I have been enjoying building with logs made by Clydesdale Cabins, in Minnesota. Last night we added Gary’s old Lionel Train set. Here are … Continue reading
On January 8, 1884 Chester Beers (widowed nine years) married Ida M. Taggart. Chester and Ida’s daughter Clara Janet was born September 11, 1887. Chester, Ida, and Clara lived on the 183-acre family farm that Chester inherited. Chester had attended … Continue reading
In the summer of 1879 Emma Austin traveled from Eldred, New York, to live with her brothers Ell and Lon Austin, who lived and worked in Solomon, Kansas. The hope was that the drier climate could cure her TB. Edith … Continue reading
