Beaverkill ... My Beaverkill
Lloyd Barnhart  (August 2009)

 

   Stories: The First Collection circa 1950

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"Here begineth a brief history about the Beaverkill Valley, authored by friends and neighbors who live or visit there: An anthology covering sundry matters of the place and its people, present and past. What they did and said, and how in all, the charm of the river and its shores continue to tingle and accelerate the heart beat."

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   Stories from Volume I 2003

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A Short History of the Valley of the Beaverkill
Ken Osborn and Charles Campbell

The Tanneries
Jack Obecny

Catskill Campsites
Jack Obecny

History of the Beaverkill
Marian Tobey

Reminescences of the Beaverkill
Grace Van Nalts

Addie Miner
John Kelly

The Scullin Family and Farm
Jane Sokolow with Paul Scullin

Trout Valley Farm, Beaverkill, N.Y. 
Fred W. Banks

Trout Valley Farm: And the Golf Course That Was
Tim Foote and Bill Sharpless

Trout Valley Farm: End of Story
The Livingston Manor Times, 1963

Memories of the Beaverkill
Richard B. Fischer

For the Love of ... Beaverkill !!
Jack Obecny

Liz and Ed Hamerstrom Remember
Mary Hall

 

   Stories from Volume II (2006)

and the Heritage Edition (2007)

 

"If time is like our beloved river, there are many tales to write down and pass on before they float away and disappear downstream."  Ed Cerny

The Heritage Edition may be bought a Hamish & Henry's in Livingston Manor.    $45  plus tax (and mailing)

34B Main Street
Livingston Manor
New York  12758
845-439-8029

Or you can order it using the email address below.

info@HamishandHenry.com

 

 

Foreword
John Kelly

Craigie Clair
an editors' note in the Heritage Edition, concerning the spelling of Craigie Clair

The Hardenb?rgh Question
an editor's note in the Heritage Edition, concerning the spelling of Hardenbergh

Jessica Foote's Letters to her Sons
contributed by Tim Foote

Romance
by Jessica Foote.  A poem published in the Heritage Edition.

1945
by Jessica Foote.  A poem published in the Heritage Edition.  These two poems, written at about the same time as Mrs. Foote's letters to her sons may give a view as to her real state of mind during this period.  The letters sound cheerful and optimistic; the poems are dark.

Memories of Beaverkill
Anita Simpson Beverly

Summer in the Beaverkill
Doris Fischer

Dundas Castle
Jane Sokolow

Trouthaven on the Beaverkill
Janet Durland Simpson

The Beaverkill Trout Club Chapter I
Ed Cerny

The Beaverkill Trout Club Chapter 2
Ed Cerny, including a picture of the Third Annual Dinner of the Beaverkill Trout Club March 29, 1919 and its enlargement

Beaverkill - A Legend
a poem contributed by Mildred Whitehill Bankert , author unknown

Gurden Smith at Laraway
John Kelly

Frank Kinch and his Family
Bill Sharpless

Frank Kinch Splits Wood at 88
Leslie C. Wood

Popping Dandilions
a poem by John Hamilton Adams

The Lure of the Beaverkill
Mac Francis

How Ross and I Came to Beaverkill
Mac Francis

Neighbors
Patricia Adams

Rudi Mayer at Laraway
John Kelly

Dump Days and Elephant Hunts: the 50s and 60s
Patricia Adams

The Benedict Story
Susan Benedict Hand

Alice Perkins Sharpless Gordon
Connie Gordon Lynn

Summer Trek up Slide Mountain
Connie Gordon Lynn

Beaverkill in the Summertime
a poem by Connie Gordon Lynn

The River/The Valley
a poem by Linda Gordon Bonin

The Church
Patricia Adams

Alice Arden Hodge and Family
Stuart D. Root

Days at Blue Haven
Mildred Whitehill Bankert

The Bridges to Summer: the Willichs
John Kelly

Fred Banks IV at Trout Valley Farm
as told to Patricia Adams by Fred Banks IV

The Hardenbergh Family
Judy Van Put

Beaverkill, Clear Lake and the Early 30s
Tim Foote

 

   "Web Exclusive" Stories

The Fred Banks story appeared in the 1950s booklet, but to our knowledge, nowhere else.  Mrs. Gordon's story, as far as we know, has never been published anywhere ... but here.

 

Trout Fishing on the Beaverkill
by Fred Banks 

The History of Lew Beach
contributed by Fran Sharpless in August 2008, probably written by Mrs. Si Gordon for the First Collection. This pdf document shows you the original manuscript, typed back in the days before cut & paste existed, when you had to type it right the first time, and you got your fingers black from carbon paper.

Beaverkill ... My Beaverkill
Lloyd Barnhart

 

 

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