Tag Archives: Greenwood

Between the River and the Rail

Posted on May 13, 2020 by rivertoprambles

Railroad fever gripped the nation during the latter decades of the nineteenth-century. As the New York and Pennsylvania timber and tanning industries burgeoned from dreams of endless forest and mineral wealth, many towns in the region clamored for a train … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baltimore & Ohio, economy, fishing, Greenwood, history, local history, nature, New York & Pennsylvania, railbeds, small trains, The NYP, travel, writing | 21 Comments

Pictorial, Hikes in Shadow Land

Posted on February 12, 2019 by rivertoprambles

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allegheny River, environment, Genesee River, Greenwood, hibernation, hill country, nature, photographs, pictorial, Pine Creek, shadowland, Triple Divide, Winter hikes, winter images | 32 Comments

The Ghost in the Thresher

Posted on March 15, 2015 by rivertoprambles

Part 1/March 1st: Inspired by the new month and the slightly warmer temperatures (20s), I decided to climb Dryden Hill through the falling snow and see if I could reach the old tower behind the house once owned by Pete … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chaff, chaos, cosmos, custom threshing, Dan Redmond, farm machines, ghost, grain, Greenwood, historical societies, signs of spring, thresher, trout flies, winter | 21 Comments

A Village Celebration

Posted on February 21, 2015 by rivertoprambles

About 22 years ago the local historical society planned a party. The town of Greenwood was turning 165 years old, and the group approached me to write and to share a poem or two for a gathering at the Methodist … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American chestnut, bullfrog, cake, community, Dan Redmond, Greenwood, happy birthday, historical society, lumber, natural history, poetry, thresher, tree planting, trees, village, white pine | 17 Comments

Winter Hike, a Witness on the Hill

Posted on January 13, 2015 by rivertoprambles

1. It’s too cold to fly fish. I’ll forget about the car. Turn off the computer, phone, and all blinking and beeping gadgets, and set sail for a hill walk in the neighborhood. I’ll dress well for the January snow and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, centralization, country tales, coyote, deer, Greenwood, Muir, natural balance, natural history, naturalist, nature, technology, Thoreau, village, winter birds, winter hike | 8 Comments

Greenwood Diary, 1930s

Posted on July 31, 2013 by rivertoprambles

[Years ago I was given an old diary that had come from a local auction. It had been written by an anonymous farm wife from this rivertop location where I live. I saved the booklet for a while because of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged found objects, Great Depression, Greenwood, hard times, local history, poetry of place, rural America | 8 Comments

Speckled Trout: More Views From the Hill

Posted on March 14, 2012 by rivertoprambles

“The streams were full of speckled trout until they built the saw mills.”– Dennis McGraw, Pioneer Life in Greenwood, 1888 The term “speckled trout,” in this report, does not refer to the saltwater species of that name, but refers to Salvelinus fontinalis, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brook trout, Dennis McGraw, Dryden Hill, Greenwood, Marcellus Shale, NY, pioneer life, speckled trout | 6 Comments

Views From Dryden Hill Revisited

Posted on February 1, 2012 by rivertoprambles

I was splitting wood early in the morning when the crows got rowdy. I put down the maul and glanced at Dryden Hill. The crow commotion was directed at a soaring eagle, species unknown at this point, but I took … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged farm ruins, fisher tracks, global warming, graveyards, Greenwood, Kind of Blue, raccoon tracks | 3 Comments

Views From Dryden Hill

Posted on December 29, 2011 by rivertoprambles

I walked from the hollow underneath a leaden morning sky. In a bare-bones season all I carried for the hike was a camera, binoculars and walking stick. Passing through my grove of pine and spruce, I knew it was almost time … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dryden Hill, fisher movement, fisher tracks, Greenwood, hiking, natural mysteries, pruning, wild forest | 4 Comments