Shohola Railroad & Historical Society Join us in commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Shohola Civil War Train Wreck! This is a free event for the entire family! Friday evening, July 11, 2014 Civil War reenactors will be setting up … Continue reading
On July 15, 1864, an Erie Railroad train carrying about 833 Confederate prisoners and 125 Union Guards to the prison camp at Elmira, NY, collided with a coal train between Shohola and Lackawaxen. About 48 prisoners and 17 guards were … Continue reading
Both Irwin Briggs and Cyrus Roullion (and probably many of the others in this story) experienced Gas Warfare. Until the first world war, it was considered uncivilized to use poison gas. The French fired tear-gas grenades against the Germans in … Continue reading
The Letters of Chester Beers to Emma Austin, 1869–1878 Emma Austin continued to write to Chester. They correspondeded off and on through 1878. Even though the Civil War had been ended only thee years in November 1868, there is no … Continue reading
It was the summer of 1872. Abby and Julia Smith lived in their roomy, comfortable Kimberly Mansion—a white, two-story house with green shutters. The home, well over one hundred years old, sat on the original 133 acres, which included woods, … Continue reading
The house on the right with a white fence is C.C.P. Eldred’s house. The bridge crossed over Halfway Brook, the brook which impressed Laurilla Smith. The Austin home (not shown) is less than a half mile east (right). On the … Continue reading
September 5, 1917 Dear Father, We had a holiday today as this is the day when the drafted men were called. There was a big parade in Chattanooga. My company was not in it fortunately and I had a day … Continue reading
George W. Eldred, friend of Sherman S. and cousin to the Eldred-Austin families was discharged from service in the Civil War due to illness. In December of 1864, George W. Eldred married Miss Marietta A. West, daughter of Samuel and … Continue reading
Civil War Names in Highland Enlistments Aunt Sal Goose Lot and Stone Walls Four Trees Yorktown, December 11, 1862 Dear Brother, On the 11th, early in the morning we fell in line and was marched off with packed knapsacks. We … Continue reading
