Eldred House Photo Request

by Louise Smith Posted on December 13, 2015
James Eldred’s house built around 1830. Photo courtesy of C. Myers.

Does anyone have another photo of what was once James Eldred’s house shown in this photo?

The home is no longer there, but sat near Halfway Brook, south of of Proctor Road. It was the house which replaced the original structure James Eldred and his family settled in at the end of 1815.

My great-grandmother Mary Ann Eldred (Austin) would have been almost three when the house in the photo was built around 1830. I also think my grandfather C.M. Austin and his twin Edward were born in that house in 1865.

I first posted a request for the names of the people in the photo. They are Mary Myers and her son Clifford. The photo is on page 327 of “Farewell to Eldred.”

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Hickok Falls and Water Wheel

by Louise Smith Posted on November 29, 2015
Hickok Falls and Old Water Wheel, Barryville, NY. 1905 postcard.
Another view of the Hickok Falls and Water Wheel.

I am hoping that one of my Halfway Brook readers has the originals of these postcards and could scan them for me. (For print work I need larger images.)

Also if anyone has any information about the Hickok Falls or the old water wheel and (I assume) sawmill I would appreciate that.

My great-great-great-grandparents Asa and Esther Hinman Hickok and family arrived in Lumberland around 1813, and lived a couple miles above Barryville.

I imagine it was in the area where Hickok Brook meets Halfway Brook. They were my first relatives to arrive in the area.

I am currently working on a story about two granddaughters of David Hickok (brother of Asa) visiting Mary Ann Eldred Austin and Justus Hickok (Asa’s grandchildren) in the town of Highland, New York in 1854.

If you have information or can scan the postcards, please contact me: info (at) halfwaybrook (dot) com. I will give you more details regarding scanning the postcards. Thank you.

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Revisiting 1942 Flood in Barryville

by Louise Smith Posted on November 22, 2015
Barryville Afloat. Photo: H.I. Briggs.
Flooding of the Delaware River from the Methodist Parsonage. Photo: H.I. Briggs.
A favorite photo of mine taken by my grandpa Briggs: “We were all down on the bridge.”

I thought my Halfway Brook readers might enjoy the larger images even though a few of these photos have been posted before:

May 1942 Flooding

Barryville Afloat.

I have rescanned them larger and/or with some tone.

Click on photos twice for largest size.

Barryville-Shohola Bridge in the distance. Photo: H.I. Briggs.
Looking towards Barryville from Shohola. Photo H.I. Briggs.
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1940 Shohola-Barryville Bridge

by Louise Smith Posted on November 9, 2015
Shohola-Barryville Bridge being built. Photo: H.I. Briggs.
Shohola-Barryville Bridge being built. Photo: H.I. Briggs.
Another view of the Shohola-Barryville Bridge being built. Photo: H.I. Briggs.
View of Shohola-Barryville Bridge from River Road.
Photo: H.I. Briggs.
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Delaware River at Barryville?

by Louise Smith Posted on November 8, 2015
View of Barryville, NY from across the Delaware River in Shohola, PA. Photo taken by H.I.Briggs.

This photo is from my recent finds at my mother’s home. I think it is a view of homes and a garage? in Barryville, possibly Shohola on the Delaware River.

Can any of my Halfway Brook readers help? I assume it was taken around 1940.

Click photos to make them larger.

Update: It is Spring House Garage on River Road in Barryville. Thank you!

Closeup of buildings.
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