This month I am featuring events that happened in July from my three Halfway Brook Books. This post includes text from The Mill on Halfway Brook.
July 22, 1779
The only major Revolutionary War battle in northern Delaware Valley was fought on the plateau above Minisink Ford, six miles south of Ten Mile River.
Dr. Tusten gave emergency treatment during the battle to the wounded men. Dr. Tusten and seventeen patients were massacred.
—The Mill on Halfway Brook, p. 2.
July 13, 1846
“There’s been a freshet in the Halfway Brook. It has done much damage. There is not a bridge or dam left between here and Barryville. It has damaged us more than fifty dollars. The Mongaup was very high. There was a young man drowned in that stream…”
—Phebe Eldred Austin letter, The Mill on Halfway Brook, p. 57.
July 2, 1859
On the evening of the 2nd of July 1859, an unusual gust of wind from the North struck the bridge, over came the guys, turned the structure upon the edge and demolished it. The bridge was reconstructed at a cost of $4,000.
—The Mill on Halfway Brook, p. 81.
July 4, 1859
Methodist Church was dedicated by Rev. J. O. Wisner.
—The Mill on Halfway Brook, p. 85.
July 16, 1861
George Eldred and Ira Austin enlisted at Newburgh.
—The Mill on Halfway Brook, p. 92. Continue reading
