TheMill on Halfway Brookrecountsthe life and times of families who
settled near Halfway Brook in the heavily forested original Town of
Lumberland, Sullivan County, New York. It spansthe years from 1800
to 1880, and is the first in the series,Memoirsfrom Eldred, New
York, 1800-1950. The principal families in the book (Eldred,
Austin, Leavenworth, and Myers) built their homes in what became
the hamlet of Eldred, in the Town of Highland. Some of their
friends and kinsfolk (the Clarks, Gardners, Hallocks, Hickoks,
Sergeants, Van Tuyls, and others)livedin nearby hamlets
(Barryville, Pond Eddy, Glen Spey, Narrowsburg, Tusten, or Bethel).
The story includes references to the neighboring Pennsylvania towns
of Shohola, Lackawaxen, and Mast Hope. TheMill on Halfway
Brookfollows the main occupations of the community, including
lumbering, tanning, river rafting, working for the D&H Canal
Company, and bluestone quarrying.The Civil War chapter mentions
many of the men from the Town of Highland who fought in the war,
and has major excerpts from 50 letters written by Corporal Sherman
S. Leavenworth. Thenarrative weaves vignettes of townsfolk,
preachers, Congregational and Methodist Churches, regional and
national events with historical information, censuses, an 1875
biography, Church records, and familyland documents. The book has
300 photos and postcards, 17 old and new maps, and 200 letters
(1845-1880). TheMillon Halfway Brookis fully indexed, with names of
over 900 people, places, and events.
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