The Colonial
In answer to a previous question, The Colonial and Highland Cottage were different Boarding Houses.
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Author Archives: Louise Smith
1922 Summer Season
The season at Highland Cottage on Washington Lake, Yulan, this year, is the most successful in the history of that establishment. Probably the greatest night was an ambitious show and lawn party held at the end of last week…Estella Waterman … Continue reading
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1922 Halfway Brook News
Yulan Social Club Last Saturday night the Yulan Social Club held its regular monthly dance and supper at the Yulan Cottage. The affair was well attended and was a large success both socially and financially. Dancing, singing and games were … Continue reading
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Winter of 1856–1857
In searching for my husband’s ancestors who arrived from Prussia in the 1850s, I found this image on the Library of Congress site. When I checked The Mill on Halfway Brook for the terrible winter, I found a sidebar titled, … Continue reading
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Summer Guests in the 1920s
Barryville-Shohola Bridge In the 1920s some summer guests arrived at their favorite summer vacation place by automobile. Others still traveled by railway to the Shohola Station in Pennsylvania. After disembarking from the train, the vacationers crossed the Barryville-Shohola Suspension Bridge … Continue reading
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Churches and Occupations
Congregational and Methodist Churches In 1799 Isaac Sergeant helped establish what became the Eldred Congregational Church. Descendants of Rev. Isaac and his wife Mary Richards Sergeant resided in the Town of Highland in 1920. As did several relatives of Felix … Continue reading
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Boarding Houses and Post Offices—Chapter 1 Continues
Original and New Owners Some of the boarding houses had been in the area since around 1880. In the next twenty-seven years, new families (each with their own story) would move to the area. At least eight families would purchase … Continue reading
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Chapter 1 Most Pleasant Time of All
I always looked forward to the time when school would be out, for I never was too fond of studying and, besides, my parents ran a small summer boarding house to which a few families brought their children year after … Continue reading
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Introduction to Farewell to Eldred, 1920–1950
The next few posts will be from my book Farewell to Eldred. The Introduction: Farewell to Eldred resumes the narrative of Echo Hill and Mountain Grove, in the year 1920. Over a hundred years have passed since Charles Mortimer (Mort) … Continue reading
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1765 Stamps for the Stamp Act
Discontent with Illegal Taxes Britain was left with a tremendous debt when the French-Indian War ended in 1763. The English-powers-to-be thought the American Colonists had an obligation to help support the unasked for 10,000 British Troops the English sent (they … Continue reading
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