Don’t you just love getting a postcard? You know them… that picture you’d get in your mailbox from back in the days when getting one put a smile on your face.
Welcome to my online postcard and photo collection, which catalogs the history and beauty of Lake Naomi and the Pocono Pines region of the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. If you have a postcard you’d like to share, please feel free to do so. We’d love to share it with our audience. Any condition – just take a picture of it with your phone and send here. I love growing the collection.
This series I’ve been working on began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an oline dialog with others who might remember or are making their memories right now. We created an associated Facebook Group, called Lake Naomi Memories, for anyone to share their memories that help create a digital history footprint on the web. Oh, and they’ll certainly help me remember as well. Link below – enjoy the series!
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Postcards:
Before we get started, here’s a fun 1913 transcribed card
Horace R. Longshore, Langhorne, Bucks Co., Pa. POCONO PINES, PA – AUG 18, 1913 5:30 PM
This is where we take our meals, at or on the top of the mountain.
It seems quite a bit nearer the stars than at home, 2000 ft. high. The trip up here was delightful, and so everything has been since we came. I wish you could be here, and hope you may someday. Today, there will be a County Fair on the grounds. The rides are wonderful, and the air is so invigorating.
With love, M. Cousin R.B.- Not very well, but better this morning. The nurse is here. Will write a real letter as soon as I am able.
Digital Postcard and Photo Collection – Click any image to enlarge
My Series Honoring the History of Lake Naomi & the Pocono Pines Area
Lutherland – Once the Poconos Wonderland Retreat
Views: 1,364 From the outset, Lutherland was promoted not only as a summer retreat but as a year-round destination for religious conferences, youth programs, and leisure activities, a place that blended the mission of Christian fellowship with the amenities of…
Lake Naomi Clubhouse – Pocono Elegance & History
Views: 1,552 For generations, the Lake Naomi Clubhouse has stood as the heart and soul of community life in Pocono Pines, a beloved gathering place that has evolved alongside the families who call this mountain retreat their home away from…
Lake Naomi & the Poconos – A Personal Pocono History Series
Views: 3,388 The series I’ve been researching began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an online…
Memories Growing Up On Lake Naomi and Pocono Pines, PA
Views: 3,628 This story is part of a series I’ve been researching, as I rebuild my youthful memories growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos. As the series comes together, there is an associated Facebook Group, called Lake Naomi Memories,…
Pocono Lake vs. Lake Naomi – Tale of Two Lake Communities & Religious History
Views: 995 Nostalgic & Personal As a kid, summers at Lake Naomi were my whole world. That’s where I first learned to handle a Sunfish, skimming across the water with the wind in my sail. Just down the road was…
The Sunfish Sailboat – Fortune Magazine’s Top 25 Best Designed Products
Views: 1,017 Picture it: a warm afternoon on the water, a flash of colorful sail skimming across the waves. Chances are, it’s a Sunfish, the little boat that became a global phenomenon. By 1977, a year after OpSail in NYC…
What’s The Pocono Plateau- Visiting a Beautiful Ice Age Remnant
Views: 925 While the summer is a beautiful time for recreation in the Poconos, the fall is IMHO the most beautiful time in the Poconos. No need to drive all the way to Vermont, you’ve got it right here in…
Pocono Business Advertisements We Love To Remember
Views: 1,095 Help us, old folks, remember all those great businesses around Lake Naomi and the Pocono Pines region that you love and cherish. This story is part of a series I began as an effort to rebuild my youthful…
Lake Naomi’s KonTiki – Honoring the Club’s Race Committee and That Boat
Views: 1,482 This series began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an online dialog with others…
Meet The King of the Poconos- Isaac Stauffer
Views: 1,185 Introduction In the mid-19th century, the Pocono Plateau was still a rugged wilderness, characterized by dense forests, hidden lakes, and scattered clearings carved out by lumbermen’s axes. It was here that Isaac Stauffer, born in 1834 near Wind…
About The Author
I decided to write these stories down because a friend of mine, with whom I grew up, now lives on Lake Naomi and still sends me photos of the Lake Naomi Club trophy case, where my name, along with my father’s and brothers’, lives on (Thanks, Sue). Thank you for allowing me to document this life experience for the record.
Brooks founded Mr. Local History and the Mr. Local History Project along with his wife, Jill. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and raised in Westfield, Brooks graduated from Westfield High School in 1980 and later from Bryant University. For over two decades, Brooks, along with his brother Brian and younger sister Cee Cee, spent their summers on Lake Naomi with their parents, Frank and Caryolyn Betz, who had lived on Canoe Brook Road since the mid-1960s.
He and his family owned the Pocono Boathouse (Pocono Pines, PA) and the Cranford Canoe Club in the 1960s through the 1990s.
There are likely many gaps in the history that I hope to fill, along with a return visit to Lake Naomi to reminisce and reflect on these stories. This story is part of a series dedicated to the history of Lake Naomi, Pocono Pines, and the memories of my family spending time together. Thanks for reading.
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