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> The Delaware River winds through mountainous terrain between Port Jervis, N.Y., and Lackawaxen, Pa.

“Joseph Brant had the command,” Owen told his captors.

THE BATTLE OF MINISINK

Owen also said that he heard Brant give orders “not (to) kill any woman or children and if they knew any person to be a Tory not to kill them and any that would deliver themselves up to take them prisoners, but any person running from them to kill them.”

Located within present-day Port Jervis, Fort Decker and Fort Cole were two of these forts.

During the American Revolution, the name Minisink referred to white settlements in and around present-day Port Jervis, N.Y. At least it did in a report written by the famous Mohawk warrior Joseph Brant after Brant led a force of pro-British Indians and Tories on a raid against the American settlements in July 1779.

By John L. Moore

Port Jervis is located just north of the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink rivers.

n colonial times, the 65-mile stretch of the Delaware River from the Water Gap at East Stroudsburg north to the Pennsylvania village of Lackawaxen was known as the Minisink.

Brant’s raid took place on Tuesday, July 20. Nine days later, the warrior wrote a detailed report of the action to Lt. Col. Mason Bolton, the British commander at Fort Niagara.

“During the American Revolution, the name Minisink referred to white settlements in and around present-day Port Jervis, N.Y.”

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. “We have burnt all the settlement called Minisink, one fort excepted,” Brant said “ … We destroyed several small stockade forts, and took four scalps and three prisoners, but did not in the least injure women or children. The reason that we could not take more of them was owing to the many forts about the place, into which they were always ready to run like ground hogs.”

Less than a week after the raid, a Loyalist named Moabary Owen deserted Brant’s war party and wound up in the custody of American militia troops from Goshen, N.Y. The deserter said he had been one of about 26 Loyalists who had accompanied 60 Indians from British territory.

In his letter to the British colonel, Brant said he had hoped to steal a significant number of cows from the farms at Minisink. To do this, he would have needed to reach the farms around daybreak before the farmers let the animals out of the barns to look for food in the nearby woods. “Instead … I did not arrive

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“killed sundry persons, burned 11 houses and as many barns together with the Dutch Church, took off some prisoners, cattle, horses, sheep and considerable plunder,” according to Rev. Nathan Ker, pastor of a nearby church at Goshen.

The issue generated a spirited debate, which, Schoonmaker said, ended when a New Jersey Militia officer, Major Samuel Meeker, “mounting his horse and flourishing his sword, called out: ‘Let the brave men follow me! The cowards may stay behind!’ ” Meeker’s rhetoric ended the discussion. According to Schoonmaker, when the militia troops started for Minisink, everybody went along.

Source: George P. Donehoo. Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania.

Hardly had the shooting stopped when Minisink residents sent messengers on horseback to neighboring settlements with news of the attack. One rider “was sent over the mountain to Goshen,” about 25 miles east of Port Jervis, according to Theodore D. Schoonmaker in a 1907 account of the raid.

> The Neversink River flows into the Delaware River at the southern end of Port Jervis, N.Y.

Minisink was the name of the chief village of the Munsee clan of the Delawares. It was situated on the eastern side of the Delaware River a few miles southeast of Milford, Pa., nearly opposite Minisink Island,

As word of the raid spread, local officials began calling out the local militia. Its members were citizen soldiers who served as a home guard to protect their region against enemy attacks. At Goshen, Colonel Benjamin Tusten of the Orange County Militia ordered his officers to call out “as many volunteers as could be raised,” Schoonmaker said. The next morning, 149 men assembled.

Information Tusten had received erroneously placed the number of Brant’s fighters at about 300. Tusten didn’t want to get into a fight with a force that “outnumbered the Goshen Militia two to one,” Schoonmaker said. Also, “the militia were not well supplied with arms and ammunition, and it were better to wait for reinforcements, which were soon expected.”

The name signifies “the place of the Minsi.”

Also, the name Minisink was given to lands on both sides of the Delaware River, north of the Water Gap, in Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and New York. This region is frequently referred to in the early writings as The Minisinks.

Mahackamack was the name of a Native American village at the mouth of the Neversink River at the site of presentday Port Jervis. The point of land between the Neversink and the Delaware was formerly called Mohockamack Fork. … the name of the village is probably a corruption of Mahack or Mohawk, meaning place of the Mohawk.

But other American officers advocated making an immediate pursuit. They contended “that the Indians would not fight and that it would be an easy matter to recapture the plunder,” Schoonmaker said.

Brant apparently wanted the cattle as food for the Indians and Loyalists at his headwaters at Oghwage (present-day Windsor, N.Y.), about 100 miles northwest on the Susquehanna River’s North Brant’sBranch.marauders

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till noon, when all the cattle was in the woods, so we could get but a few of them.”

Neversink is a corruption of Navasink, which means “at the prominatory.” It was the name of a tribe of the Delaware Indians.

Along the way, the soldiers stopped for breakfast at a farm where the owner treated them to roast pork. Schoonmaker said

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> This sign marks the entrance to Minisink Battleground Park.

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Thayendanegea joined other Iroquois warriors who took part in the French and Indian War.

“I joined this party with about 40 men, the whole amounting to 120 men, officers included,” Hathorn said later. Hathorn’s rank was senior to Tusten’s, and he took command.

Years later, when the Mohawks sided with the British during the American Revolution, he organized a band of volunteers and fought against the Americans and their Native American allies. He became well known for leading successful raids against American settlements. After the British lost the war, Joseph Brant moved to Canada, where he died in 1807.

Brant could read and write English. As a young man, he attended Eleazar Wheelock's "Moor's Indian Charity School" in Connecticut. The school eventually became Dartmouth College and moved to New

Two roads led from Minisink to the ford. Rather than head for Lackawaxen along the river road, the American soldiers took an alternate route, an old Indian trail that Brant said went “through the woods.”

On the morning of Wednesday, July 21, a New York militia detachment commanded by Colonel John Hathorn of Warwick also reached Minisink and started out for Lackawaxen. Hathorn said later that he soon came upon Colonel Tusten and Major Meeker “who had marched with about 80 men up the river a few miles.”

Brant’s raiding party wasn’t far away. It had spent the night of July 20 near Port Jervis. In the morning, the Indians and Tories began herding the livestock north along a road that followed the Delaware’s eastern shore, headed for a well-known ford at Lackawaxen. They only traveled about 15 miles before stopping for the night. Their slow pace provided an opportunity for the Americans to catch up.

While visiting England in 1776, Joseph Brant had his portrait painted by London artist George Romney.

> Joseph Brant painting by George Romney, 1776

that when it was time for the men to leave, they told the farmer, whose name was James Finch, “not to accompany them, but to stay and have dinner ready for them when they came back, which, they said, would be in the course of a few hours.”

oseph Brant was 36 when he led the Minisink raid at modern Port Jervis, N.Y., and two days later defeated the American militia at the Battle of Minisink along the Delaware River in July 1779.

A Mohawk Indian who was born in 1743, the warrior was known as Thayendanegea among the Mohawks. The English and Americans knew him as Joseph Brant.

“The mountains were so exceedingly rugged and high, we could not possibly get at them.”

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American scouts informed Hathorn that by nightfall on Wednesday, July 21, the Indians and Tories had “encamped at the mouth of Halfway Brook,” about 19 miles upriver from Minisink and four miles below the ford at Lackawaxen.

Soon the Americans sent a spy ahead to watch Brant. He came back with news that the raiders were only about six miles ahead. “We were soon informed that they were on their march up the river,” Hathorn said.

“Our people appeared in high spirits,” the colonel said. “We marched in pursuit with an intention either to fall on them by surprise or to … ambush them” by getting ahead of them.

At this point the Delaware winds through the eastern TheAppalachians.Americans camped for the night about three miles away with mountainous terrain separating the two forces. “The mountains were so exceedingly rugged and high, we could not possibly get at them,” Hathorn said.

“I had relatives on the good side, too,” Gumaer Testa remarked. One was “Abraham Cuddeback, a captain of the Ulster County militia. He was engaged as a scout to reconnoiter Brant.”

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In summer, the Delaware is shallow and only about 100 yards wide at Lackawaxen. The Indians and Tories were “crossing the river” when the militia opened fire, Brant said.

he July 1779 raid on Minisink was Joseph Brant’s second foray into the Port Jervis region. The Mohawk warrior had also attacked Peenpack, a nearby village now known as Huguenot, in October 1778.

Before giving the order to fire, the colonel directed his men to take specific positions. But an officer in the advanced guard, Capt. Bazaleel Tyler, “unhappily discharged his piece before the division could be properly posted,” Hathorn said. This “put me under the necessity of bringing on the action. I ordered my division to fix bayonets and push forcibly on them, which order being resolutely executed, put the Indians in the utmost confusion. Great numbers took to the river … without returning any fire.”

Hathorn later asserted that many Indians “fell from the well-directed fire of our riflemen and incessant blaze from our musketry.”

In his report, Brant said that he sent two scouts to look for the militia along the forest road, which was “the only way the Rebels could come to attack us.” Not only did the scouts discover “the enemy's path not far from our camp,” but they also saw that the Americans had gotten ahead of the Indians and “lay in ambush.” The scouts, whom Brant characterized as “two rascals,” “… did not return to inform us, so that the Rebels had fair play at us.”

When the Westbrooks returned with Brant, “they had it out for John Decker,” Gumaer Testa said. Decker was a major in the local militia. Known as Fort Decker, his stone house was surrounded by a stockade. Before the raiders left the area, they torched his fort and residence.

Cuddeback survived the battle, and died in 1813. He’s buried at Gumaer Cemetery in Godeffroy, N.Y.

Following the Minisink raid, Anthony Westbrook’s brother Joel served briefly on the American side, but Joel eventually switched sides. Gumaer Testa said that by 1782, he had joined a Loyalist military unit called Butler’s Rangers.

According to Moabary Owen, a Loyalist who deserted Brant’s force, the July raiders included a man named Anthony Westbrook. Gumaer Testa said that Westbrook’s son Andries also took part in the raid.

For Gumaer Testa, the Battle of Minisink becomes family history as well as American history. Anthony and Joel Westbrook are collateral ancestors. “They are nephews of my fourth great-grandfather,” she said.

The Westbrooks had previously lived in the neighborhood, and a year or two before the raid, the father had refused to take the loyalty test required by the patriots. In turn, the patriots had confiscated his property.

“The men who accompanied Brant on both raids were tri-racial,” said Judy Gumaer Testa, a local historian, genealogist, and re-enactor who lives near the battlefield. They included Iroquois warriors, mainly Mohawks and Senecas; disenfranchised Loyalists, as well as freed men of color and runaway slaves.

“They almost effected getting their cattle and baggage across when we discovered them,” Colonel Hathorn said. There were “some Indians in the river, and some had got over.”

Brant acknowledged that the Americans had surprised him. “I was then about 400 yards in the rear,” he said. “As soon as the firing began, I immediately marched up a hill in their rear with 40 men, and came round on their backs. The rest of my men were all scattered on the other side.”

At daybreak on Thursday, July 22, “after leaving our horses and disengaging of everything heavy, we marched on with intention to make the attack the moment an opportunity offered,” Hathorn reported. “The Indians, probably from some discovery they had made of us, marched with more alacrity than usual with an intention to get their prisoners, cattle and plunder taken at Minisink over the river.”

> Fort Decker

Colonel Hathorn provided a more detailed account of the fighting

“Our rifles here were very useful,” Hathorn said. But the Americans were running out of ammunition, and “I found myself under the necessity of ceasing the fire.” He “ordered no person to shoot without having his object sure, and that no shot be lost.”

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Most of the wounded men had been hit “by angle shots from the Indians from behind rocks and trees,” he said.

“We defended this ground near three hours and a half. During the whole time, one blaze without intermission was kept up on both sides. Here we had three men killed and nine wounded,” Hathorn said in a report to Gov. George Clinton penned five days later.

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As the Indians and Tories regrouped for a counter-attack, Hathorn realized that elements in the militia were not performing the way he wanted. Some of his men even “fled into the woods,” he Theresaid.was

Brant’s men had begun shooting back. “The enemy by this time had collected in force and … began to fire on our left,” Hathorn said.

a steep mountain just east of the river. “I soon perceived the enemy's rally on our right and recrossing the river to gain the heights,” the colonel said. “I found myself under the necessity to rally all my forces, which by this time was much less than I expected.”

As the militia climbed the hillside, Captain Tyler fell, mortally wounded. Several other Americans were also wounded. “The (militia) people being exceedingly fatigued obliged me to take post on a height, which proved to be a strong and advantageous ground,” Hathorn said. “The enemy repeatedly advanced in from 40 to 100 yards distance, and were as repeatedly repulsed.”

As the Mohawk leader said later, “The Rebels soon retreated, and I pursued them, until they stopped upon a rocky hill,”.

Brant said later that the fighting on the mountaintop lasted “near four hours before we could drive them out.” He made the statement in a letter to Colonel Bolton written seven days after the battle.

Although Hathorn’s men put up a stubborn resistance, the Tories and Indians chased the Americans up the steep mountainside for nearly a mile. “We returned the fire and kept up a constant … firing up the hill from the river,” Hathorn said.

Lt. Col. Mason Bolton was the British commander at Fort Ni agara, which was located at the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario. The fort was used to distribute firearms, ammuni tion, and supplies to Native American war parties heading out to attack American frontier settlements.

Moabary Owen was, alternately, a Loyalist and a Patriot. Offi cial correspondence from 1779 shows that Owen had belonged to and then deserted a New York militia regiment before joining Brant prior to the Minisink raid. It isn’t clear from the documents whether Owen deserted Brant before or after the Minisink raid and battle.

Theodore D. Schoonmaker was an early 20th century historian and writer who lived in Goshen, N.Y.

Samuel Meeker lived in Sussex County, N.J. and was a major in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment, the Continental Army, in July 1779.

During the American Revolutionary War, a Tory was a conservative person who supported King George III of England and opposed the American Revolution. A Tory was also known as a Loyalist. According to Merriam-Webster. com, the word Tory is derived from old Irish words that meant “outlaw” and “pursuit.”

Rev. Nathan Ker was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen, N.Y., from 1766-1804.

American liberals who supported the Revolution were called Rebels and sometimes even “Damned Rebels” by other Americans who opposed the war. They called themselves Patriots, but were also known as Whigs. According to Britannica.com, “They borrowed the name Whig from the British party opposed to royal prerogatives.”

> The Delaware River is relatively narrow and shallow at the Minisink Ford at Lackawaxen, Pa. Joseph Brant’s raiders were crossing the river here when the battle began on July 22, 1779.

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WHO WAS WHO AT THE BATTLE OF MINISINK

Bazaleel Tyler was a militia captain who served under Col. John Hathorn at the Battle of Minisink on July 22, 1779. A native of Connecticut, Tyler was one of five brothers who all served in the American Revolution.

John Hathorn of Warwick was a surveyor and teacher who in 1776 became the colonel of the 4th Orange County Regiment of the New York Militia. He led the attack on Brant’s Volunteers at Lackawaxen on July 22, 1779.

TORIES AND REBELS

Benjamin Tusten of Goshen was a physician who was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Orange County Militia in 1777. He led militia troops from Goshen against Joseph Brant in July 1779.

Joseph Brant was a Mohawk warrior who led a irregular company of fighters called Brant’s Volunteers against the Americans during the American Revolutionary War. the company included Iroquois warriors as well as Loyalists. In 1779, Brant received the rank of captain by the British governor of Canada.

James Finch was a farmer who lived at present-day Finchville about 10 miles from Port Jervis, N.Y.

Some were, many weren’t. A 2015 publication of the Minisink Valley Historical Society lists 46 Americans who died in or after the battle. At the top of the list is Col. Benjamin Tusten, the American commander who hadn’t wanted to fight Brant. He apparently was killed during the retreat.

At Goshen, where many men had volunteered to pursue the raiders, clergyman Nathan Ker remarked, “there are not less than 15 or 16 widows by this affair in this congregation.”

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At this point, the Indians and Tories rushed Hathorn’s militia and broke through the Americans’ defensive line.

J ohn L. Moore continues to pursue his lifelong interests in Pennsylvania’s colonial history and archaeology.

When this happened, “our people … retreated down the hill, precipitately toward the river,” Hathorn said. The Americans “by this time were so scattered I found myself unequal to rally them again. Consequently every man made choice of his own way. Thus ended the action.”

This book is the 3rd volume in his Revolutionary Pennsylvania Series and tells the story of Indian raids all across the Pennsylvania Frontier — including the Poconos and Minisinks — in the year following General Sullivan’s 1779 invasion of the Iroquios homeland.

The Northumberland writer has published 11 non-fiction books about Pennsylvania’s 16th and 17th century. John’s latest book, 1780: Year of Revenge, is currently available in book stores or from the online bookstore Sunbury Press Inc.

Brant’s party of 86 raiders had significant losses. “We had eight men killed and 10 wounded,” Brant reported. The Americans losses were much worse. “We have taken 40 odd scalps, and one prisoner,” Brant said. He said “the enemy have lost near half of their men and most of their officers. They all belonged to the militia and were about 150 in number.”

Over the years John has participated in archaeological excavations of Native American sites along the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers. A professional storyteller, he recently took part in the Heritage Festival at Frances Slocum State Park near Wilkes-Barre. He told the true story of Frances Slocum, a 5-year-old girl who lived as a Native American after being kidnapped by Indians during the American Revolution. The park was named for her.

The American survivors included Colonel Hathorn. “I received a wound on my head, one in my leg and one in my thigh,” he said. “The one in my thigh from inattention is a little troublesome.”

For days Americans, many of them wounded, staggered back to the settlements. “I hope others will be yet found,” Hathorn said.

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iven its long history with the Indigenous people who have called this area home as well as its history with early European explorers and immigrants in the 19th century, the Poconos is a region well known for its paranormal activity. Stories of lantern-like lights hovering in the woods of the Poconos are commonplace; however, those who have dared to follow the lights have found that they have no origin and simply disappear into the darkness around them. Many spirits have also been recognized in the area, such as “Margie,” who haunts East Stroudsburg University’s (ESU’s) Sigma Pi

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important role in identifying possible spirits; the same was true of the Tannersville Inn and its most witnessed ghost (contrary to many reports, the ghost “Mabel” is a misnamed apparition and was given to the name of a spirit who had been linked to a previous longtime owner named “Mabel.”). While operational, a medium who knew nothing about the region was brought to the inn to help ascertain the identities of the spirits who had lingered there. What the psychic described was a horse and carriage accident that had occurred over a century before; the ghost most frequently cited at the inn, a young black man, was depicted as the driver of a carriage who was crushed by the weight of a horse as he fell from his carriage seat (The Pocono Record). The historic inn, operational for nearly two centuries, is slated to be demolished whoUsedJailAnotherhistoric-inn/amp/).pahomepage.com/news/local-news/tannersville-to-demolish-(https://www.notablyhauntedstructurethatstillstandsis“TheOldMuseum”inJimThorpe,alsodatingbacktothe1800s.astheCarbonCountyJailuntil1995,someofthespiritshaunttheOldJailincludeIrishcoalminers,knownasthe

“Stories of lantern-like lights hovering in the woods of the Poconos are commonplace; however, those who have dared to follow the lights have found that they have no origin and simply disappear into the darkness around them.”

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went to work for over two years under the name James McKenna, working within the organization and gaining their trust. There is a great deal of history that necessarily must be excluded here (I implore the reader to search for more information!), but in short, the Molly Maguires were believed to have been the culprits of many vigilante acts of crime in worker/owner conflicts, and in the time he had spent with the Molly Maguires, several members had confessed their roles in the murder of mine foreman, Frank W.S. Langdon, to McParlan. When he was finally pulled out of his undercover role in early 1876, the information gathered by McParlan, now considered dubious, led to the arrest and conviction of 19 men

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> Engineering marvel Delaware River Viaduct soon after completion

Sam Sloan was company president from 1867 to 1899, succeeded by William Truesdale until 1925. Truesdale implemented amazing capital improvements and imagestrengthening for an already well-run company. For example, a face-lifted Portland station.

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In 1856, DL&W came into Pennsylvania from New Jersey on a bridge south of Portland. A small but busy yard was also on the south side of Portland. Like most other railroads, D&W’s primary objective was to haul freight – especially coal initially But DL&W also prided itself on its attractiveness to passengers. Therefore DL&W’s passenger stations were eye-pleasing, such as the Portland station.

> Enlargement showing Water Gap stone crusher

hese words will barely scratch the surface of the DL&W story. A complete account would focus on its purpose, construction, executives (beyond its first two presidents), branches, equipment and other general info throughout its history of more than 100 years. Instead is mentioned in this and a later article only a few DL&W-related tidbits pertaining to a short section of the railroad in the Poconos from Portland almost to Gouldsboro.

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Examples of DL&W’s most impressive engineering feats are outside of Monroe County, but two challenging local efforts involved creek crossings near Minisink Hills and Analomink. The former was the four-span “Bells Bridge” beneath the Rt.

“For more than a century the splendor of “the gap” has been enhanced by the man-made engineering marvel, the Delaware River viaduct at the west end of the cutoff.”

Among DL&W’s most ambitious undertakings from 1908 until 1911 was the 28-mile New Jersey “cutoff”, which shortened the route through Slateford by 11 miles. For millions of years the Delaware Water Gap has been an impressive, natural eastern entrance to the Poconos. For more than a century the splendor of “the gap” has been enhanced by the man-made engineering marvel, the Delaware River viaduct at the west end of the cutoff.

In 1906, vacationing in the pristine “gap” was the rage and most travel was by train. However, it was not until townsfolk filed a lawsuit that DL&W realized the hypocrisy of locating a stone crusher (for ballast) to gouge out Mt. Minsi, which featured a conveyor above the current Rt. 611 and the rail route less than a mile east of the Water Gap station. The crusher was then moved to Analomink, where the scourge became fodder for postcards!

> “Old Main” bridge still there (south of Portland) but not used

After accomplishing the cutoff, DL&W’s swagger is imagined as “What’ll we do next?” Plans that never materialized after being drawn up in 1918 were two tunnel options through Mt. Minsi on the Pennsylvania side of “the gap” to eliminate the sharp curve at “the point of the gap”, where there have been a few wrecks over the years.

Similar to the station in Portland, the Water Gap depot also underwent change in the early 1900s, although misfortune rather than aesthetics was the instigator. In 1902 a wooden station was replaced by a brick structure after the former was destroyed by fire, reportedly caused by sparks from a passing freight train. It was not until 1941 that the railroad added “Delaware” to the name of its Water Gap station. Restoration of the Portland and Water Gap stations are presently far from complete.

The railroad history of East Stroudsburg (condensed greatly) includes architectural features such as the 130-year-old station, relocated and restored after being severely damaged by fire in 2009. The station is now owned and managed by the Eastburg Community Alliance. An unmistakable image of the “Eastburg skyline” includes the metal water tower, erected in 1907. At the Analomink St. crossing is a restored switch tower, built in 1908 and in service to varying degrees for almost 80 years. The tower can be visited by appointment and is open during community events. Its website is: esrrtower.org Although now dismantled, elevated crossing guard shanties were familiar structures into the 1970s at East Broad and North Courtland Streets. Razed, too, were freight houses near the passenger station used by DL&W in busier times. The devices just west of Analomink St., “Milford Crossing” and Mill Creek Road are signal bridges.

I-80 bridge across Brodhead Creek, where a washout in 1955 was one of many trouble spots for the railroad in the Poconos. The latter, built in 1911, resulted in side-by-side “tunnels” –for Paradise Creek and for Rt. 191. Prior to the culverts, the Spragueville High Bridge was where the tunnels are.

> Modifications to Portland Station

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> Small part of East Stroudsburg Station, switch tower & water tower; June 1917

> Cresco Station, freight house, left, & road crossing before bridge was built

> Analomink Station, looking west

> Henryville Station, station agent’s home, left

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Besides the previously-mentioned stone crusher, High Bridge and yard, Analomink rail history includes a station until about 1940 behind the former Hotel Rapids. The next village west –Henryville – also had a station until 1952 – reached by a steep, no-longer-there portion of Station Hill Road which intersected with Rt. 191 and was parallel to Paradise Creek. Before these stations were torn down, they were convenient stops for vacationers in the eastern Poconos, many of whom were avid fishermen attracted to Brodhead Creek.

Immediately west of East Stroudsburg is an area known as Gravel Place, currently the site of Crowe Industrial Park. During the first half of the twentieth century, the complex included a 9-bay roundhouse and 6 additional tracks around a 60’ turntable for outside maintenance. Other purposes were to resupply steam engines with coal and water; and to store equipment. Switch towers were common where track diagrams show the possibility of walking in a straight line across many tracks. In East Stroudsburg, for example: 11 tracks; at Gravel Place, 15; andcounting the mainline — a yard area east of Analomink (where a PennDot compound is now) was 9 tracks wide.

Another tourist destination slightly west was the Cresco station, built in the 1880s, now owned and meticulously cared for by The Weiler Foundation and occupied by the Barrett Historical Society. barretthistorical.org/cresco-station For more than 60 years at the beginning of the twentieth century, a freight house with its distinct, four-sloped roof was west of the passenger station in an area known as Oakland prior to 1878. From about 1895 until the 1970s, west of the freight house was a branch track leading to customers as distant as Mountainhome.

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Kim Williams is a lifelong resident of Monroe County, an amateur photographer and president of a local historical group. “The Flood” and the County’s railroad history are of particular interest to him. Kim’s two daughters — a doctor & a teacher — are sources of pride.

“Another tourist destination slightly west was the Cresco station, built in the 1880s, now owned and meticulously cared for by The Weiler Foundation and occupied by the Barrett Historical Society.”

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Perhaps the first people to inhabit the Poconos, the Leni-Lenape, believed that humans initially existed somewhere in the stars

of a man who ascended into the sky to bring knowledge back from the “Thunder Beings” while other legends tell of magical little people and giant beings who lived in the forest whose presences were dangerous if these beings were not respected.

Many Indigenous people called this area home many thousands of years before European explorers even dared to sail across uncharted ocean waters on an Earth which was then believed to be flat. Although reports of strange lights and flying objects were reported when Europeans landed on the soil of the northeastern United States, tales of cosmic origin are the basis from the oldest narratives of people who called the Poconos home.

During European settlement, early explorers of the Poconos wrote about strange but commonplace visits from angels and “unusual beings” as well as balls of fire and unknown objects flying in the sky. In time, the region began to be excavated for its natural resources. Perhaps the most infamous extraterrestrial encounter reported in the industrial era (long before there were planes) was of a lumberjack who had gone into the woods to survey the area for valuable timber when he came across a forest clearing where there was a strange aircraft, pulsating with light.

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and settling on Earth. It was believed that this planet and area was chosen to be the home for these “great ancestors” because of the number of rich natural resources such as fresh water which are particularly abundant in this area of the world. The name “Leni-Lenape” literally translates into “the original people.”

Lenape legend is based on “Thunder Beings,” beings who lived in the sky who could descend to Earth “on the wings of birds with great thunderous noise and fire” (https://m.youtube.com/ Legendswatch?v=Yd6KBxS597o).oftheLenapetell

Perhaps you have heard anecdotal accounts of extraterrestrial activity in the Poconos; stories recounted by acquaintances of driving home very late at night on otherwise empty streets and seeing what appear to be two moons floating in the sky above: Tales of friends who claim to have repeatedly seen strange orange lights that seem to hover in the sky and abruptly change direction before disappearing into the black night. However, did you know the Poconos has a history with otherworldly origins and a long history of recorded Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)? Among tales of descending from somewhere far away in the cosmos, the region is rife with tales of extraterrestrial and UFO sightings. With a narrative not only based in the tales of In digenous peoples which date back millennia before what anthro pologists define as “human civilization,” paranormal phenomena have held a dominant role in the Poconos’ history.

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“Lenape legend is based on ‘Thunder Beings,’ beings who lived in the sky who could descend to Earth ‘on the wings of birds with great thunderous noise and fire.’”

In September of 1957, for the second time that year, sau cer-shaped crafts were reported flying above the Delaware River by over half a dozen residents in the Delaware Water Gap. On March 1, 1973, a state trooper and 11 residents reported approx imately 40 circular-shaped objects flying at low altitudes around Saylors Lake. The same objects were reported flying over Saylors Lake again on March 21 and were later seen by residents as they flew over Northampton County and into Western New Jersey. More recently, a green fireball has been reported flying across the sky; this sighting has been confirmed by airline pilots flying through the region: Investigations of this object have only revealed that it is not a known natural phenomenon or space debris and has been reported as recently as 2021 ((https://m. Haveyoutube.com/watch?v=Yd6KBxS597o).youseenanyinexplicableobjectsflying in the sky? If you are interested in UFO sightings or potential encounters with beings from unknown reaches of space, the Poconos is a great place to investigate! Hotspots of UFO activity, as logged by the National UFO Reporting Center, seem to include Milford, Stroudsburg, Dingmans Ferry, Bushkill, Mt. Pocono, and Lords Valley (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6KBxS597o).

Many stories of such UFOs and encounters with unknown beings have been noted throughout the history of the Poconos. There are several notable stories from the 20th century through today. One notable story from October 29, 1956, involved a woman referred to as “Mrs. D,” who resided in Milford. One evening, she took a flashlight to scan her backyard for deer: What she saw were what she described as two 3-3.5’-tall muscu lar “men” wearing what she described as tight silver spacesuits and helmets standing side-by-side next to her garden. Unbe knownst to “Mrs. D,” earlier in the day, a long, large, and wing less silver-shaped object was reported to have been seen flying over the Tobyhanna Army Depot flying at very fast speeds, approximately 3,000-5,000 feet in the air, and stopping abruptly in midair to hover over the Army Depot (J. E. Myer).

When the lumberjack approached the object, a bright flash of light blinded him. When he was found by hunters six days later, he was wandering through the forest without any memory of the previous week.

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While making your home healthier can involve simple steps like decluttering, swapping out cleaning products for natural versions and opening windows to let in more fresh air, there are other projects that can be done to create longer-lasting results. Consider these ideas to create spaces that are not only functional and beautiful but also impart a sense of well-being.

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If your home lacks adequate natural lighting, adding or replacing windows and skylights can allow more sunlight into your living space. This offers several benefits, including an improved sense of well-being and increased productivity, not to mention the potential cost savings when you install energy-efficient versions. Additionally, light-blocking shades and adjustable light technol ogies can work with natural circadian rhythms to enhance sleep.

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Even a small space like the bathroom can benefit from wellness-focused updates. Soaking tubs and spa showers with hydrotherapy showerheads can help reduce stress and provide a mental respite. Additionally, a heated towel rack not only brings a touch of luxury but can reduce energy usage and keep towels free of mold and mildew between washes. Touchless faucets and toilets can also help reduce the spread of germs while bringing convenience.

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4. HELP YOUR DOG MEET NEW FRIENDS.

5. HEAD OUTSIDE AND SPEND TIME EXERCISING WITH YOUR FURRY FRIEND.

“To encourage your dog to be more social, head to your local dog park and meet new dogs for your pet to play with, or bring them along to a pet-friendly patio for happy hour with human friends.”

While you may be your dog's best friend, it's important that they are exposed to new people, places, dogs and experiences on an ongoing basis to ensure they are properly socialized. To encourage your dog to be more social, head to your local dog park and meet new dogs for your pet to play with, or bring them along to a pet-friendly patio for happy hour with human friends. As always, remember to exercise caution and proper leashing protocols, and follow your pup's cues when it comes to new situations. And, to make sure your pup is the most popular at the park, stock up on treats to share and to give your dog when they make a positive interaction.

Whether it's a nice stroll around the neighborhood or a hike through your local mountains, getting exercise is important for your health and your pup's health, too. A daily exercise routine is necessary for your dog's overall health and wellness, as well as maintaining a healthy weight, and provides a great way to bond and incorporate your dog into your daily life. For life's most exciting outdoor adventures, give your pup treats made with simple, wholesome ingredients like CLIF PET Plant Based Jerky, available at Petco, to keep them fueled while exploring the great outdoors.

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