Main Street looking South, Eldred, N.Y.
Memoirs from Eldred, New York, 1800–1950
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Abby, Laurilla, and Mary Ann
The Mill on Halfway Brook
Echo Hill and Mountain Grove
Farewell To Eldred
Aida Austin’s 1881 Diary
Grandma and Me
I was very young, the youngest of the 4 boys, 5 years old, but have fond memories of swimming in Montgomery lake and bailing out Lou’s rental boats after a rain and riding an old log raft and swimming under a big submerged log holding my breath, also breaking my wrist while playing with brother George at the lake, and sawing firewood with a belt around the rear wheel of an old car that became a doodlebug.
I remember many things like the A&P market with a wooden floor, Floyd’s garage, the Hawks Nest road to Port Jervis and many things about the area and towns.
We lived 2 miles west of the village in 1942; my father ran an auto repair shop in town.
He bought Mrs. Stids(?) old house before the electric lines came through and upgraded it. It became a summer tourist home for city folks, who valued the big porch and country setting.
We 4 kids spent our summers in Montgomery Lake, which at the time had no homes on it.