During the winter, large quantities of lumber from the Halfway Brook mills were drawn to Barryville, made into rafts, then taken to Handsome Eddy, two or three miles further down the river. There they waited for the spring freshets. At … Continue reading
In 1800, Lumberland (then two years old), had a population of 733, most of whom had lumber-related jobs. Saw-mills operated on various streams. Halfway Brook was said to have had ten sawmills on its nine miles. Enormous amounts of lumber … Continue reading
Kill Kill or kille 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. Delaware In 1610, as Captain Samuel Argall named … Continue reading
Note: I don’t know who wrote the following letter. “fs” is read as “ss”. Narrows Burgh, March 1848 To Mifs Mary A. Eldred, Lumberland My dear Friend, I thought I would spend a few moments this day noon in writing … Continue reading
