Happy 4th of July to you all!! Rolf Reiss sent me this photo a couple of days ago and suggested I post it on the 4th of July. I think it is an absolutely perfect photo for the holiday!! Linda McDonald (who knows A LOT about WV history) provided us with some background on the house. It is located in the Woodland Park Association at the end of WV road and still exists today. Thanks to both Rolf and Linda for giving us such a great bit of history.
"The house is down 7 Mile Road at the end of Woodland Valley. It belonged to and was built by, George Edward Friend of Hackensack NJ, who became a member (of the Woodland Park Association) in 1908. It was built before 1910, as that is the date on the right corner of your photo. "Ineeda, Friend" (that is what the sign says on the house). Cute, huh!! George had several sisters, so that may be some of the ladies. He lived with his parents until he married after 1911 but before 1913. He and wife Florence had several children. Probably why he sold out before 1916, when the house was taken over by H. Raymond Snyder and his wife Emily. They moved the house closer to the edge of the hill (cliff), so they had a nicer view of the Woodland stream and screened in the porch and added a fireplace sometime after 1917. They then renamed the house "Bedasaca Camp". Later, they added a kitchen and another chimney for a cook stove. By 1950 it had passed to Dr Harry & Mrs Miriam Whittaker. Shingles were then put on the house and it was painted green (no more slab sides). A sleeping side porch and a bath were added. We did not get electric in the valley beyond the Botchford home until 1947. The house changed hands once more in the 1970's and is still owned and enjoyed by the 3 adult children of Linden & Martha Norgren." - Linda McDonald
