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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: 3,191 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: 3,798 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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Pocono Business Advertisements We Love To Remember

New Jersey History Project — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:09:32 +0000

Views: 2,354 Help us, old folks, remember all those great businesses around Lake Naomi and the Pocono Pines region that you love and cherish. This story is part of a series I began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos back in the 1960s. As… Read More »Pocono Business Advertisements We Love To Remember

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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: 2,566 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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Great Books – Lake Naomi & Pocono Mountain History Collection

New Jersey History Project — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:19:42 +0000

Views: 2,503 First off, a very special thank you to Win Miller, Connie Waygood Borho, and John Sling for helping me by providing copies of their books about Lake Naomi history, as I looked everywhere for these historical recollection booklets without luck. The only place to find these books is the Pocono Pines Library reference section. This… Read More »Great Books – Lake Naomi & Pocono Mountain History Collection

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Lake Naomi Way Before the Dam

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

Views: 3,863 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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Pocono Spring Water Ice Company – The Millers & Naomi Lake

Brooks Betz — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:07:04 +0000

Views: 3,822 The Miller brothers, Franklin and his younger brother Rufus, were part of the Miller family from Easton, Pennsylvania. Younger brother Rufus struck out on a religious career as a minister, and Franklin (Frank) had other ideas. Bigger ideas. Ideas that would lead he and his brother to the nearby Pocono Mountains in search… Read More »Pocono Spring Water Ice Company – The Millers & Naomi Lake

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