Dad, Elaine, Bill, Dorsey, Mark, Grandpa Bill at Whipples Dam
This album contains photos from my childhood growing up at Hundred Springs, a magical place that was a small part of my life in years but so much larger in shaping who I became.
Hundred Springs was once a popular park whose springs and bubbling brooks offered welcome respite from the summer heat. The park was described in a chapter in the 1897 book, "Tyrone of Today", which I have transcribed HERE.
It is hard to imagine that the old stone structure that was our house (really one of 3 apartments) was once a bustling mill that produced dozens of barrels of flour daily for the surrounding area. The operations of the Hundred Springs Mill was described in an article from the Tyrone Daily Herald printed June 23, 1896 that I have reproduced HERE.
Although these articles are less than a year apart, it seems that the management of both the park and the mill changed hands in the intervening months.
Black and white photos have been scanned in from old prints which were taken using an old Kodak Bellows style camera.
The descriptions under the photo thumbnails in the album sometimes contain links to maps or additional information. These are identified by "Blue” text for links. I've also inserted links to Google Maps to show where certain photos in the album were taken or to locate features shown in the photos. Click on the link, close the sidebar, then you can then zoom in and out using the mouse wheel or drag the map by clicking and holding.
-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): 1951. Album by Cascade Bill. 1 - 49 of 49 Total. 705 Visits.
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Points of interest around Hundred Springs - Refer back to this map to locate these when described in the photo descriptions. Location of Hundred Springs in Google Maps can be found HERE. Similarly Google Street View is HERE.
enlarge 216KB, 676x1024 3 10-02-23-1951-001 Mark & Elaine playing in Snyder's sandbox
You can see the pumping station in the background as well as the wall of the dam beyond.
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You can see the old coal storage bins across the road. No longer used for coal. The old chicken coop next to them was home for Butch Snyder's beagles.
enlarge 220KB, 680x1024 6 10-02-23-1951-003 Mark, Inky, and Butch's beagle.
The beagles yard was along the back side of the old coal shed. I remember when I was really little (3 or 4), Butch had chickens here. One time he said, "Watch this", and he proceeded to cut the head off the head of a chicken, which then ran around "like a chicken with its head cut off" (as the old expression goes). I was horrified. Inky was our neighbor, Tom Strohm's dog.
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I don't remember his name. I think he was related to the Stouffers (our neighbor). In the background you can see the Hundred Springs Watering trough. It had running water from the dam above that you could stop and get a refreshing drink of water. It was a remnant of the times that horses were the primary means of transportation.
It was there for years until concerns about water quality forced the paper mill to shut it down and remove it. It's remains were placed next the the coal shed noted in the previous photos. One of the rituals I always did on my visits through the years was to get a long drink here.
enlarge 186KB, 1024x693 9 10-02-23-1951-007 Sharon and Mike Snyder, Bill, Elaine, and Mark - Beyond is the Stouffer's house.
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Butch was our surrogate father and was always joshing us. He used to call Mark, "Hopalong Casserole" (see Hopalong Cassidy) one of my favorite movie cowboy heroes.
You get a better look at the Stouffer's house and yard. Between our yard and theirs is a gully through which the stream from the dam flows into the Little Juniata River. A fairly recent (2010) view of this gully is HERE and HERE.
enlarge 168KB, 683x1024 11 09-12-23-1951-003 Dad, Mom, and My granddad
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My grandmother and grandfather: Dorsey (Helen) and William (who I was named after)
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enlarge 206KB, 741x1024 14 09-12-23-1951-006 Mark, Elaine,and I join Mother, Dorsey and Pop.
I think this must have been an Easter Sunday for us all to be this dressed up.
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You can see me in the back seat of our new 1951 Chevy. Note there was no such thing as car seats or even seat belts back then. I don't recall how we all fit in (including Dorsey and Pop) - we must have sat on laps!!
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We spent many summer picnics at Whipple Dam state park (located HERE). Here is where I learned to swim at age 5 or 6 and was soon swimming to the other side of the lake with my dad.
enlarge 161KB, 687x1024 17 09-12-23-1951-037 Another shot of Bill & Mark playing in the dand
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enlarge 145KB, 758x1024 19 09-12-23-1951-039 Elaine She loved the water even more than I did
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Pop was a sailor and you can see one of his tattoos here, an Indian chief. I recall (maybe not 100%) another one on his right arm of an anchor with a snake or sea serpent twined about it. He also had one on one of his biceps that would move when he flexed it. My memory has faded over the 70+ years since then.
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(Back in those days, sand toys were made of metal not plastic. Also note the vintage stroller in the background)
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We had an old wool army blanket (army green) that we would spread out over the sand
enlarge 173KB, 1024x704 25 10-02-23-1951-014 Dad, Elaine, Bill, Dorsey, Mark and Pop at Whipple(s) Dam
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enlarge 167KB, 689x1024 27 10-02-23-1951-017 Dad, Dorsey, and Pop (with his cigar)
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I'm in the background by our car. You can see the "Barn" beyond.
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I have my first baseman's mitt. The only glove I ever had. My grandsons had so much baseball gear that it would fill a car trunk!
enlarge 204KB, 694x1024 31 10-02-23-1951-018 Mark with my mitt and ball
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This was Elaine and Mike's first day of school (1st Grade). You can see our playhouse in front of the magnificent maple that graced our front yard (unfortunately, google maps shows that it has been removed recently - it was there on my last visit in 2016)
enlarge 218KB, 689x1024 34 10-02-23-1951-022 Elaine, Mike, and Bill - note our classic lunch boxes
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enlarge 150KB, 707x1024 36 10-02-23-1951-024 Waiting for the school bus Mary Snyder, Sharon, Mike, & Elaine, Butch (maybe?)
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Elaine and Mike waiting for the bus down by the highway. You can see the Little Juniata across the road. Those weird leaves hanging down are from a Catalpa tree. The older neighborhood kids said that the Catalpa beans were smoked like cigars by the Indians. After trying one, I very much doubt that they did. (sadly that tree is now gone)
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Must be another school day - Sharon is holding Elaine's lunch box.
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The "v" poles in the background are clothesline props. behind them you can see a "tee" shape, which was a metal post that held up our clothesline. Back then the only "Clothes Dryer" was wind and sun (but boy did they smell good).
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I think that this may have been at Black Moshannon State Park. That jacket with the fringe was my pride and joy, just like Daniel Boone or the TV cowboy, Wild Bill Hickok. (unfortunately, I turned out more like Jingles or Gabby Hayes)
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Caption on back of photo by Mother. At this time we didn't have a television so watching at my great grandmother's house (Patterson NJ) was a treat. I originally thought that this was in 1952, but I remember watching the Giants and the Yankees in the World's Series (which was in 1951).
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Dad had this noted as "1948" but that would make Elaine the tallest 3 year old ever!. Hundred Springs was a great place for sled riding.
