Michelle Beljean and John Jacques 128 pages sofcover
From 1901 to
1937, the lone engine of the Delaware Valley Railway chugged up and down
its solitary track, from the Stroudsburgs to Bushkill. It was a time of
heady prospects as the resorts of the Delaware Water Gap pushed north
up the valley. Modest farmhouses became vacation boardinghouses, and
some then blossomed into grand hotels. The railway brought in
vacationers by the carload, but it was not just about tourism. The
dinkey hauled in coal for winter heat and hauled out lumber, dairy, and
farm produce that kept the farmers in cash. Farm children commuted to
town to earn their high school degrees. For more than a generation, the
dinkey's whistle blowing over the valley linked its people and places.
