Christmas Greetings 2020 ~ Shookville
Merry Christmas 2020! After receiving a beautiful Christmas card depicting the ruins of Shookville Church, I took a December drive on Shookville Road. https://youtu.be/7T-VMFA7-aU Don't miss Ossie Stippa's 1989 Christmas sketch. Read more about Shookville at keepingnyhistoryalive.com and milannyhistory.org
Shookville: A “Deserted Village”
Shookville Methodist Church; Photo taken July 27, 2017Courtesy of Bonnie Wood @ https://keepingnyhistoryalive.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeI7nu0D8IM&feature=share A Walk in Shookville If you wander the winding roads of Milan in Upper Dutchess County, New York, you may miss the hamlet of Shookville on Shookville Road in the blink of an eye. The walls and foundation of the old …
Unidentified Photos
These unidentified photos were all preserved at Trail's End Farm in Milan, NY by Burton Coon (1869-1942) and his wife Emma Schultz Tipple Coon (1869-1956). I wonder... Who is in the photo? Are they relatives, friends, neighbors? What is the occasion? What is the story? Thank you for viewing this gallery. Your comments and suggestions …
Vintage Recipes: From Auntie’s Kitchen 7/13/19
Auntie's recipes dating from the early 1900s were well-used and spattered with years of good cooking yet preserved in this box. As I select vintage recipes to transcribe from Auntie's recipe box, I recall those treasured moments in her kitchen when I observed and assisted or perhaps hindered her progress with the meal. photographer: Dorothea …
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