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J. Hollis Foote
Mr. J. Hollis Foote 1888 – 1972 Farming and creamery in Malone and Belmont, NY TAPE 1 Track 1 Growing up in Malone in the 1890’s/1900’s; family life; religion; the natural landscape of Malone; housing and furniture. Click on Audio link to listen to interview: Audio Click on Audio link to listen to…
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Lillian Lawrence
Mrs. Ellsworth (Lillian) Lawrence 1878-1974 Early 20th century life in northern New York State & Malone, NY TAPE 1 Track 1 Click on Audio link to listen to interview: Audio Family life; Rutland Railroad; grandfather’s voyage out from Vermont in 1827; making rag rugs; grandfather’s work–carpentry, funeral undertaking, and milling Track 2 Click on Audio link…
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Samantha (Purdy) Marlowe
Mrs. Samamtha (Purdy) Marlowe 1886-1974 Interview with Mrs. Marlowe about family life in the late 19th & early 20th century in Malone, NY TAPE/CD: FCRTR -121-1-ATrack 1 Click on Audio link to listen to interview: Audio Whippleville, Canning, food, and preservation; clothing; carting mill; woollen industry; home remedies: Bangalia tree and others; bathing and…
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Mrs. Katie Long
Mrs. Katie Long 1886-1982 Loom Operator at the Lawrence-Webster Mill and Ballard’s Mill, producing wool cloth and clothing in Malone, NY from 1907- 1951 Detailed descriptions of both mills TAPE 1 Track 1 Growing up in Champlain and Rouses Point; moving to Malone in 1907; family life; housing and living conditions; dances, music, and other…
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Christmas in Reynoldston NY
Christmas In Reynoldston Christmas in Reynoldston was celebrated in a very modest way during most of its history. Few people had much money to buy gifts for Christmas. For many of the men it was one of the few holidays they did not…
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The Bordeaux Hall
The Bordeaux Dance Hall Around 1906, Ted and Miner Bordeaux, tried to make money by setting up their own business. At this point in its history Reynoldston had not started to lose population; furthermore, in Skerry to the East and in the Bangor to the north family farms provided a decent living for their…
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ONE ROOM SCHOOL
One Room School Earliest Schooling Mrs. Delia Moquin remembers hearing that when Orson and Phoebe Reynoldst first started the mill that Phoebe taught school to the few children that lived in the community in the same building that later became the company store. * * From notes taken by RH. McGowan in August 1978…
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Religious Beliefs
Religion The people we interviewed for the history of Reynoldston uniformly thought that the majority of the community’s residents were Catholic. The Reynoldses and Trims, however, were Protestant, and there were those who practiced no religion at all. As no church was ever built in Reynoldston, religious instruction rested primarily with the family. Devout Catholics…
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Home Life
Home Life Many of the houses of Reynoldston provided little more than four walls, a floor, and a ceiling. Most families lived in a small company built houses, while the Reynolds family built two large, richly decorated homes, and the poor lived in cabins or log houses. The one and a half story…