It’s 2020, I repeat it again 2020…#tombstonetuesday I decided to start my new year off right and clean off my desk. Going through all those tiny pieces of paper I have. Smirk...I run across a note regarding a book; All Roads lead to Milford by Skip Gregory and Andy Leiser 2007. WHAT????... What a good way to NOT clean off the desk! A quick search in the card catalog @ Hughs Library and they have a copy at Smithfield library. Off I go, to read and enjoy this book that just takes you there very well written and informative. Since the main street of the town of Dingmans Ferry, Pa. went by by when the Tock Island project acquired or stole all the land depending on who you talk to. I have been interested in where the different builds where located in the town.
The Bellevue hotel a small boarding house which stood on Main Street could accommodate about 25. They like other hotels at the time sold fresh air, farm-fresh
food, and clean water. A Jas. Frick was the proprietor according to an advertisement in 1892. In the 1900 W.E. Kern and P.F. Mercier owned the Bellevue. It was thought that either of them could have built it, I'm thinking added on to it most likely.
food, and clean water. A Jas. Frick was the proprietor according to an advertisement in 1892. In the 1900 W.E. Kern and P.F. Mercier owned the Bellevue. It was thought that either of them could have built it, I'm thinking added on to it most likely.
In 1941 Fred Cron, a native of Dingmans Ferry, Pa, his parents Alonzo (1872-1955) and Caroline Martin (1886-1976) marries Ann Vanwinkle (1906-1973)born in New Jersey. Both are buried in Delaware Cemetery, Pike co., Pa. They would be the last owners of the Bellevue. They decide to remodel the hotel and discover a trunk in the basement. The trunk was filled with sketches and a notebook and charts of the 1840’s Fremont Expedition, belonging to the Kern brothers. So as you can imagine the thought of running home to clean off my desk was far from my thoughts!!! Who are the Kern brothers???? and what happened.
The Crons turned the artwork over to the Bank of Matamoras where they were stored and later sold to Harvard University. It was thought by Skip Gregory W.E. Kern was a nephew to Richard, Edward, and Benjamin Kern.
John Fremont was an American Explorer, he led five expeditions into the American West. I have a link below, fascinating man. So which one was the Kerns brother on? Edward Meyer Kern (1822-1863 see picture) his namesake is Kern River California, Richard Kern (1821-1853) and Benjamin Kern ( 1818-1849 was a doctor. It would seem the brother would join Edward on his expeditions. They were the sons of John Kern lll and Mary Elizabeth Bignell of Philadelphia. Edward was on the third expedition and the fourth with Fremont., he served as a cartographer and sketched landmarks. On one of Edwards's drawings, he documents Fremont's party murdering 30 Northern Paiute Indians. The papers the Crons discovered were used by David Weber for his book on Richard Kern. According to Wikipedia the diary and papers can be found at the Beinecke Rare Book and manuscript Library, part of Yale University. The W.E. kern was probably William born in 1812-about 1879 he was a drawing teacher and a brother. Benjamin and Richard were murdered by Indians in 1849. Edward is buried in Philadelphia, Pa.
https://books.google.com/books?id=YndGQ9qgbLQC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=bellevue+hotel,+Dingmans+Ferry,+pa&source=bl&ots=olgaYoM3gI&sig=ACfU3U1fyZxBCvI4qfJVC4NJa98F5kW9kA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGx6z_kJPnAhWxdN8KHVTtDpcQ6AEwAXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=bellevue%20hotel%2C%20Dingmans%20Ferry%2C%20pa&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinecke_Rare_Book_%26_Manuscript_Library
https://pikehistorical.org/
https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Kern-Expeditionary-Southwest-1848-1853/dp/0826307701
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