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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
People Archive
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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... -
Charles Boyer Obituary
Posted on February 28, 2008 | No CommentsCharles S. Boyer, 67, well known historian and retired Camden business man, died yesterday at his home, 205 East Central avenue, Moorestown. He had been ill but a short time.... -
Willis Buzby Obituary
Posted on February 28, 2008 | No CommentsWillis J. Buzby, 67, well-known resident of the pines, died suddenly at his home in Chatsworth late Wednesday night from a heart attack. Discovery of his death was made by... -
Joseph Wharton Obituary
Posted on February 28, 2008 | No CommentsJoseph Wharton Dead. Prominent Ironmaker Expires at Home in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11. — Joseph Wharton, one of the prominent residents of this city and one of the largest individual... -
Emilio Carranza’s Last Flight
Posted on November 20, 2007 | No CommentsFew people have probably heard of the events that transpired on July 13, 1928 in Burlington County. Even fewer people would known that during the age of the great aviators,...