Reynoldston Research

Author: Wlanglois

  • Leo Tobey

    Mr. Leo Tobey b. 1895-1975   Village of Malone Civic Politician   Tape 1 Side 1    Growing up in Malone; losing his parents and being taken in by an Aunt; home furnishings ca. 1900;attending various schools in Malone NY in the early 20the Century; Going to work at 16 in the retail business; discusses…

  • Henry A. Curtis

      Mr. Henry A. Curtis    1876-1971 Interviewers W.J. Langlois, R. H. McGowan. Early life in Malone, N.Y. 1880-1930.  Lumbering and farming Brandon and Duane, N.Y.  [flagallery gid=20 name=Gallery]    TAPE 1 Track 1                                                                                                        Page 7  Growing up in Malone New York; family background about his father growing up in Brandon and his visits  the Hutchin’s family of…

  • Webster & Early Mills – Brandon

      Rider Home, Skerry, New York, ca. 1900  Webster & Early Mills – Brandon  Various Lumber Mills The number of sawmills that at various times existed in Brandon has been large. All of them except the Reynolds Bros Mill and The Bowen Mill were only small operations.  The Webster Mill One of the earliest mills…

  • Reynoldston Photo Galleries

     Reynoldston Photo Galleries                                            Reynolds Mill Slide Show   [flagallery gid=1 name=”Gallery”]   Reynolds Logging Slide Show   [flagallery gid=7 name=”Gallery”]   Reynolds Mill Co. Store Slide Show    [flagallery gid=8 name=”Gallery”]   Family Life Slide Slide Show  …

  • Frances Ellis

     Mrs. Frances Ellis                                 Tape 1 Side 1   Click on Audio link to listen to interview: Click on Audio link to listen to interview: Audio Click on Audio link to listen to interview: Audio [audio:http://www.reynoldstonnewyork.org/wp-content/01 Mrs. Frances Ellis 1.mp3]…

  • Delia Moquin

    Mrs. Delia Moquin   Mrs. Delia (Hooper) Moquin 1884 –1987   (married Philip J. Moquin) 1873-1963)   Interviewed by Robert H. McGowan,   August 27, 1971             Tape 1   Side 1   –   Page 7 Growing up in Malone, NY in the late 19th Century; Family backgrounds – French Canadian; Moving to…

  • Reynolds Brothers Mill Operations

    Reynolds Brothers Mill Operations   The Reynolds Mill Introduction The Reynolds Mill, established c. 1870 by Orson L. Reynolds, became one of the largest, most diversified mill and logging operations in Franklin County. “Of course there we mills around in Duane and St Regis Falls, because that was the section for mills” Beatrice Beaman Tape 1…

  • Housing Styles and Gallery

    Housing Styles Reynoldston’s houses revealed a great deal about the community. Most of the laborers’ houses lining the Eddy Road were essentially alike; simple gabled structures completely devoid of the ornamentation so common in the era in which they were built – the 1890s and early 1900s. Many were constructed by Reynolds Brothers carpenters and…

  • Reynolds Bros Mill Company Store

    Reynolds Bros Mill Company Store                   [flagallery gid=8 name=”Gallery”]

  • Logging Gallery

    Logging Gallery               [flagallery gid=7 name=”Gallery”]