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Chapter 5: The Mill on Blind Pond Brook

by Louise Smith Posted on March 30, 2010

Between Beaver Brook Mills and Halfway Brook Village, was Blind Pond, which had a brook of the same name. A mile or so southeast of Blind Pond was a sawmill powered by Blind Pond Brook. Blind Pond Brook. Photo courtesy … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4: Reverend Felix Kyte, The Congregational Church 1832 to 1835

by Louise Smith Posted on March 24, 2010

You ask the probable amount we would raise per Sabbath. I think we could raise $5 dollars per Sabbath for a season amongst ourselves… At the place in which we live there is a school house in which we hold … Continue reading →

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School 1825

by Louise Smith Posted on November 14, 2009

Sears Gardner was the Town of Lumberland’s supervisor in 1825, when a school was started for children in the area of Halfway Brook Village and Barryville. James Eldred, was the Town Clerk, Commissioner of Highways, and in July, Town Marshall. … Continue reading →

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Halfway Brook Village and Brook

by Louise Smith Posted on October 20, 2009

The Halfway Brook (there is another one in New York) I write about, is in a most gorgeous area called the Upper Delaware River Region, in New York State. This Halfway Brook was the name of a nine-mile stream, before … Continue reading →

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