This Day in History: 1895-06-29
John Banta of Mahwah and friends from Suffern and Ramsey camped out at “Negro Pond”* for the weekend. They took a two horse team, 6 hounds, cooking utensils, a tent, and a boat. They set up camp and fished night and day. Despite the rain they caught many fish and were quite comfortable on a bed of boughs in their tent. (Bristow)
*now Cranberry Pond