How can we improve Long Eddy?

As many of you know Long Eddy is a very small town. I am trying to come up with some ideas for it to be improved. Are our children safe?..maybe a daycare of some sort. 20 minutes for gas?..maybe a small convinient store/gas pumps. these are only a few i came up with. I would love to hear anyone elses ideas.

A small service station would be great! They are few & far between in this area. Would be nice to get an older place going again, like Doyle's or the small convenience store that recently closed.

Yea long eddy used to be huge...but that was back in the day. I think the sportsmans>used to be my family's< would make a great little something...or Gingers, is someone had gotten that open it would be great. I liked the deli..they had a lot of business there too during the summer. Thank you

Could'nt help but reminisce when I read the above. Long Eddy has always been a little town. Although, when I was a little girl there, I thought it was the greatest place on earth.(3 grocery stores, Erie railroad where trains actually stopped every day, post offce, hotel, bar, Methodist and Catholic churches, and a great school (just one). Left when I was 9, but came back to spend every summer with my Grandma Rivenburg until I graduated high school. I'm 75 now and would give anything to go back and walk thru town. Hopefully, there would be a friend still left. Thanks.

Well Ida you might know my grandmother, Elizabeth Rhodes(her maiden name is Johnson) Long Eddy is still a nice town to be in..ill be sad when i leave for college. So many memories were made there thank you for commenting me back, hopefully we can still keep in touch, and i hope you will be able to visit again! Thank you!!

Ida Hughs Mahar wrote:

Could'nt help but reminisce when I read the above. Long Eddy has always been a little town. Although, when I was a little girl there, I thought it was the greatest place on earth.(3 grocery stores, Erie railroad where trains actually stopped every day, post offce, hotel, bar, Methodist and Catholic churches, and a great school (just one). Left when I was 9, but came back to spend every summer with my Grandma Rivenburg until I graduated high school. I'm 75 now and would give anything to go back and walk thru town. Hopefully, there would be a friend still left. Thanks.

My family was born in Long Eddy but not I as the youngest. The stories that created our family history were made of happy memories of a simple time and little town along the beautiful Delaware. I still feel I missed out on something wonderful.

I spent many summers on Silas Thompkins road.Our house was across from his home.Churning butter, picking elderberries, trout fishing at Bushelville creek.He passed away age 97 .My father had his vegetable garden and My Mom did the canning.Fond memories...gone with the wind

Could anybody tell me if there is a historical society in Long Eddy my great Grandparents are Irvin and Lottie Rose.MY father who is Irvin Emrich was telling me that they were burried in Long Eddy Cementary any information on that would be helpful as well.I was little maybe 5 when I went to grandma rosies house the smell of walnuts and the wood stove smokin has brought back a found memory.Now that I am older I would like to see the are where they lived and pay my respects at their grave.

You will be happy to know that there indeed is a historical society in long eddy. It contains everyhting you need to know about your search. it might be on the web if not comment and let me know if you need more info.

LEgirl,Thank you very much for the info.You*ve been very kind to respond.Now I have a wonderful spring project.Brightest blessings

Its no problem, i love sharing all the great things Long Eddy has to offer. Yes it may not be much, but thats the way we like it. I think the best part is some of the people, we are all like family and will help one another if in need. For me its easy because pretty much everyone is part of my family...if anyone knows these last names and their family that lived here let me know...Johnson, Rhodes, Miller, Milk...thanks

I live and always have in michigan. Every summer we came to long eddy for our vacation.I loved it there. Havent been there in about 32 years and think of it all the time. We stayed up on neers hill. My grandmother pearl walker was a neer and has a cabin on the mountain that we stayed in. No electric and no running water was the best time I have ever had. I remember one year they had a pinball arcade in a building next to the store.I don't know what long eddy is like now but to me it is the best place to be and I hope to come back this summer and visit again.

yes, neer hill is very close to my home, which is on Rock Valley....I know some of the Neers. i would have to agree..it is a pretty amazing place to be.

Im used to spend my summers up there i had a house on rasberry park road i know all those name plus the musso and the carkanin what great memories who daughter are you i was friend with alot of people up there i was up there from when i was 7 until i was 21 .

LEgirl wrote:

Its no problem, i love sharing all the great things Long Eddy has to offer. Yes it may not be much, but thats the way we like it. I think the best part is some of the people, we are all like family and will help one another if in need. For me its easy because pretty much everyone is part of my family...if anyone knows these last names and their family that lived here let me know...Johnson, Rhodes, Miller, Milk...thanks

Well I finally made it back to Long Eddy for vacation this year. I haven't been there in 34 years. It was nice to stay on Neers hill in my grandmothers old cottage again. Wasn't much open in Long Eddy no more. Did stop in at the Long Eddy Hotel and did enjoy a few meals and conversations with people who knew family members of mine from years ago. It sure could use a gas station or a store. I still just loved it as much as I did when I was a kid. Already planning on coming back next year.

>>Dawn...I am Ronnie and Bonnie Rhodes' daughter, Ron and Liz Rhodes are my grandparents...I knom the Musso's and Carkanins, my best friend is a Ripley now though....when were you living up here?