Here is a view of Eldred. Pa. in the 1900s.
In the middle, the upper is a white church that I bought and made into apartments in the 80s.
In the middle of the picture to the right –
Is the baseball field without the tall telephone pole lights,
Or the basketball and tennis courts.
To the left,
The middle is the area where the elementary school was built –
I attended the fifth and sixth grades.
Beyond the mountains in the upper middle is NYS!
I lived just a couple of houses down on the left side of the white church.
Left center is a large brown building known as Walker’s Machine Shop.
A path ran on the other side through tall pine trees –
and came out into the backyard of my grade-high school buddy, Bobby!
The hill to the right I called BLUEBERRY HILL, and would take cardboard-
And slide down the hill.
It changed from this to what I remembered growing up!
But here is a look back in time before I was born!
A much earlier view of Eldred, Pa., from a different angle.
The Alleghany River runs through the flat land with trees –
And flows North into NYS until it finally turns South-
To Pittsburgh, Pa.
Twice in my early years –
I canoed down that river –
Once with a group that was called THE EXPLOYERS-
An organization beyond the Boy Scouts!
And a second time with our church youth group.
Growing up, it seemed every Spring brought a flood from that river.
Then after the ’72 flood-
Improved flood protection was put in by the Army Corps of Engineers.
I believe this solved the flooding problem.
Growing up, this was the school, grades 1 through 12.
I went four years here, and my last class was on the bottom floor-
I think the set of windows to the left – fourth grade.
I walked from the North end of town to here.
A mile, perhaps?
The HS kids were on the upper floors.
Many fond memories in this building.
Recess was out front, playing in the huge yard with large trees.
The Oak Hill Cemetery was beyond this building on the other side.
And I can remember riding sleds in the snow down that hill.
These are MORE MOMENTS IN TIME FOR ME!
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