Views: 2,085 Step Back in Time at Memorytown USA Tucked away in the rolling hills of the Pocono Mountain region of Pennsylvania, Memorytown USA was once one of the most beloved family attractions in the Poconos. From the 1950s through… Read More »OMG – Memorytown USA in the 60s – Remembering the Mt.Pocono Icon
Views: 1,196 Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Lake Naomi gained popularity, attracting families, religious groups, and campers, including young girls who participated in summer programs that included sailing lessons. Yet it wasn’t until 1963 that the lake’s future was truly… Read More »Sailing Tropies History & Lake Naomi Club Sailing Association
Views: 1,096 Many of us forget that the automobile didn’t really start gaining a presence until the 1920s, so getting around was either by rail or horse-drawn carriage. So if you were coming from Philadelphia or New York City to… Read More »1892 – Getting to the Poconos – Taking The Train
Views: 1,946 The First Pocono Boathouse The story of the Pocono Boathouse retail establishment begins when, in 1965, Frank and Carolyn Betz built a chalet on the north side of Lake Naomi and opened a small but ambitious boating business… Read More »Pocono Boathouse History – A Lake Naomi Institution
Views: 1,689 While my parents caught wind of Lake Naomi in 1963, Logan Boone Steele of Summit, New Jersey, had a vision and became one of the first developers of the modern era in the Pocono Pines area of the… Read More »Retrospective: Lake Naomi, Pocono Pines and The Logan Steele Era 1963- 1986
Views: 1,188 Little background first: In 1895, Lake Naomi was created when Thomas and Rufus Miller constructed a 14-foot dam across Tunkhannock Creek in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Initially intended for ice harvesting and modest recreation, the resulting lake… Read More »The Team That Made the Lake Naomi Development/Community
Views: 1,199 Meet Logan and Lee Steele, the couple behind one of the Poconos’ most beloved private communities, Lake Naomi. Logan Steele wasn’t just a visionary developer; he was a man who saw a wild stretch of woods and lakes… Read More »Meet Logan & Lee Steele: Visionaries of Lake Naomi and Timber Trails
Views: 3,086 As America surged through the transformative decades of the Gilded Age, from the 1870s through the early 1900s, the tranquil forests and mirrored lakes of Tompkinsville and Tobyhanna emerged from obscurity to become a sought-after escape for the… Read More »Pocono Pines and Early Lake Naomi -The Gilded Age (1870s-1963)
Views: 3,657 Long Hill Township, in Morris County, is made up of the villages of Stirling, Millington, Gillette, Meyersville, and Homestead Park. Each village has its own unique character, with Stirling serving as the central hub, Millington and Gillette being… Read More »Millington’s Garden State Fireworks Lighting America’s Nights Since 1890
Views: 1,806 UPDATE:Another Dayton family discussion came up…. we couldn’t refuse the query. MLH Introduces Ezra Dayton and the Dayton Families The name “Mount Airy” first appears in printed atlases and maps as early as the 1870s–1880s, when the hill… Read More »Bernardsville’s Lost Dayton Home, Orchards and Mount Airy Nursery
Views: 1,419 MLH Mini-Series: The Basking Ridge Rushmore 5 of All Time What better way to preserve local history than by writing about people who have made Basking Ridge one of the most historic places in America to live? I’ve… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Historic Rushmore 5 All Time
Views: 1,321 MLH Mini-Series: The Basking Ridge Rushmore 5 of the Modern Era Meet John Packo, Bill Hine, Irwin Richardt, John Placko, Nick Sant Foster, and Bobby Thomson. Okay, so I live in Basking Ridge, which is part of Bernards… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Rushmore 5 of the Modern Era
Views: 2,341 Remembering Bill Hine – the Pope of Basking Ridge Every once in a while, we come across a human interest story that’s so much more than history; we must tell it so that the story continues in local… Read More »The Pope of Basking Ridge – Bill Hine’s Presence Shined
Views: 1,932 SUBSCRIBER PREVIEW: If you signed up for our alerts, we’re releasing this story as a preview as we’re hoping you, or other people will read and share additional photos or stories they have of Basking Ridge’s John “Honey… Read More »John Placko – A Basking Ridge Icon
Views: 2,391 Lewis – Boudinot – Southard- Ross Farm in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Twp., New Jersey. The Ross Farm in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has a rich history of the Revolutionary War and played a notable role… Read More »The Ross Farm Still Defends Liberty and Independence 250 years Later