In the course of researching for a blog entry about Bovina resorts this morning, I was startled to find a reference to one such farm in today's Daily Star (Oneonta). In the paper's 'Step Back in Time' feature for fifty years ago today, there was an article about George and Wanda Lingg's place on Bovina Road, known as Red Pine Farm. Here's the link to the feature from the Star: http://thedailystar.com/community/x1100994359/Step-Back-in-Time-July-25-2011
I just found this very article last week in my late grandmother's news clippings (missing the date unfortunately, but the Star's item today rectified this omission). Here is the complete article, including a couple of photographs, from the July 25, 1961 issue of the Oneonta Daily Star (click on the image, opening it in a new window. Then you'll need to click again to magnify it so it's easier to read and view).
I will be doing more detailed blog entries on the various resorts in Bovina, but I couldn't resist taking advantage of the timing of this article to do a brief entry about one such place today.
This is a very valuable piece of New York State history. The Catskills were the resort location of choice for many middle-class families from New York and New Jersey. I loved the vacations at Red Pine Farm so much that I am including them in my memoir which forms part of my family history blog and family tree. I appreciate your research.
ReplyDeleteI too am starting to compile a family history and tree. Trying to find out more about Red Pine Farm. I have wonderful memories of spending the last week of July and first week of August there every year from infancy to about 13 years old, when they sold it. Can who ever added the newspaper article above, send a copy to me? My email is framer02@aol.com. Thank you.
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