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Recent Posts
- The Jersey Taverns
- From Crosswicks to Walnford
- The Refugee John Bacon
- The Hunt for Red Oak Grove
- Exploring the Lost Lake at Colliers Mills
- On the Trail to Union Clay Works
- Tribute to a Foxhunter: Pomeroy Crossroads
- Charles Read: Part 4 – Exile
- Charles Read: Part 3 – Ironmaster
- Charles Read: Part 2 – Land & Law
Culture Archive
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The Jersey Taverns
Posted on September 5, 2011 | 1 CommentThe tavern was a building that, in colonial America, was second in importance only to the meetinghouse. Here a person could hear the news, find the market prices of goods,... -
The Refugee John Bacon
Posted on June 24, 2011 | 1 CommentCaptain John Bacon is one of the most notorious of the legendary Pine Robbers – outlaws who preyed on rebel and Tory alike in the desolate lands of the colonial-era... -
Tribute to a Foxhunter: Pomeroy Crossroads
Posted on June 19, 2011 | No CommentsIn the woods North of Woodmansie, in Byrne State Forest, five lonely sand roads come together in a wide clearing. I had been exploring the area around Union Clay Works... -
Charles Read: Part 4 – Exile
Posted on June 10, 2011 | No CommentsIn his final years, Charles Read suffered illness and endured tragedy. For as high as Read soared, becoming one of the most notable politicians of the day, one of the... -
Charles Read: Part 3 – Ironmaster
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsAs mentioned in the first installment of this article, the senior Charles Read was a partner in the first ironworks in Bucks County, and the manufacture of iron was a... -
Charles Read: Part 2 – Land & Law
Posted on May 14, 2011 | No CommentsWe left Charles Read off in the last article having moved to Burlington City in 1739. The elder Charles Read was dead, his familial home was sold, and presumably the... -
Charles Read: Part 1 – The Early Years
Posted on May 1, 2011 | No CommentsOpportunity. Colonial America was an expansive, wide frontier where an intelligent and driven man could easily make a name for himself. Everybody knows of the founding fathers, those men who’s... -
The Early Swedes in New Jersey
Posted on February 18, 2011 | No CommentsIn the days before New Jersey, when the British were still busy colonizing New England and Virginia, and the Dutch controlled New Netherland, which stretched from Toms River to the... -
The Batona Trail Diary, the First 30 Miles
Posted on May 8, 2010 | No CommentsAll, There is a small amount of information on the history of the Batona Trail available online, but what do we really know about how it all came about? And... -
Voices in the Pines – True Stories From the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Posted on May 16, 2009 | No CommentsAlmost eighty years ago Henry Charlton Beck, Camden Courier Post reporter and later Methodist minster began chronicling the people and the history of the Pine Barrens for his weekly column....