Around 1764, the year after the French and Indian War, Daniel Skinner built a 15 foot by 80 foot raft from six felled pine trees. Daniel ingeniously lashed these logs (masts for boats), together, added a rudder, and floated the … Continue reading
Kill or Kille Kill/e is Dutch for a creek as in Wallkill or Beaver Kill. Callicoon Creek Dutch hunters named the area Kollikoonkill because there were so many Kollikoon or wild turkeys. Whortleberries Around 1850 George W. Eldred wrote his … Continue reading
In 1798 when it was created, the Town of Lumberland was a rugged wilderness with 300,000 acres of continuous forests, interspersed with ponds, lakes and streams. The brooks and streams flowed into the Delaware River, which was the southwest border … Continue reading
Halfway Brook in the town of Highland, Sullivan County, New York, is a nine mile stream that flows into the Delaware River. At the end of 1815 James Eldred (my great-great-grand-father) settled with his family in a cabin with a … Continue reading
