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Pocono Lake vs. Lake Naomi – Tale of Two Lake Communities & Religious History

Brooks Betz — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:42:41 +0000

Views: 3,312 Nostalgic & Personal As a kid, summers at Lake Naomi were my whole world. That’s where I first learned to handle a Sunfish, skimming across the water with the wind in my sail. Just down the road was the Pocono Lake Preserve, a place I’d heard about but never really touched. Their sailors… Read More »Pocono Lake vs. Lake Naomi – Tale of Two Lake Communities & Religious History

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Pocono Postcard Collection – My 250+ Memories

Brooks Betz — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:06:25 +0000

Views: 3,869 Don’t you just love getting a postcard? You know them… that picture you’d get in your mailbox from back in the days when getting one put a smile on your face. Welcome to my online postcard and photo collection, which catalogs the history and beauty of Lake Naomi and the Pocono Pines region… Read More »Pocono Postcard Collection – My 250+ Memories

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Lake Naomi’s KonTiki – Honoring the Club’s Race Committee and That Boat

Brooks Betz — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:02:47 +0000

Views: 2,592 This series began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an online dialog with others who might remember or are making their memories right now. We created an associated Facebook… Read More »Lake Naomi’s KonTiki – Honoring the Club’s Race Committee and That Boat

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Lake Naomi Way Before the Dam

Brooks Betz — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:14:02 +0000

Views: 3,933 Map of the 1779 Sullivan Trail – Click the map to see a blow-up of the trail that ran right through Pocono Pines and the region. This map is likely the one that best defines the history of what would become the Pocono Pines and Lake Naomi Region of the Pocono Plateau. As you’ve… Read More »Lake Naomi Way Before the Dam

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Lake Naomi- The Millers & A House That Defined a Destination

Brooks Betz — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:07:05 +0000

Views: 3,433 Our Lake Naomi story begins with Thomas Thompson Miller of Easton, PA, who, in the late part of the 19th century, started escaping on his horse-drawn carriage up the Pocono Plateau to a tiny river to relax, reset, and go fishing. Thomas, with his son’s wife, Katherine, would often go for a morning… Read More »Lake Naomi- The Millers & A House That Defined a Destination

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