Even the name. Spring Garden, suggests a state of tranquility. And it was just that for Lewey as a young man. The village had most anything one would need in the early 1900's. The covered bridge was the focal point with the grist mill on the other side of South Creek as seen through the trees. Before crossing the bridge, there was George Sypher's General Store on the right. People came here from all around White Deer Valley to mill their grain, to buy goods from Sypher's Store and to mingle with friends and neighbors that they didn't see everyday.
Crossing the bridge and turning right would take one by the mill and then on up to the base of the mountain where many folks lived. Lewey was born about two miles up this road. He took many photographs in and around Spring Garden. Two of them are shown in this post.
Thanks for reading this blog. M.T.
I walked through this covered bridge many times as a boy during visits to Dewart, Pa. when visiting both my great grandmother Mary and her eldest daughter Thelma (my grandmother). I was sad when it was swept away during the terrible 100 year flood in 1972.
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