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- 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
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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,... -
From Crosswicks to Walnford
Posted on June 25, 2011 | No CommentsI set off on todays adventure, as I have so many in the past, following the path of the late historian Henry Charlton Beck. Beck explored many of the “forgotten... -
The Hunt for Red Oak Grove
Posted on June 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe name Red Oak Grove, for many, may be unheard of, but for Pine Barrens enthusiasts, it is an enigma bound within Pandora’s Box. Its only evidence is the remains... -
Exploring the Lost Lake at Colliers Mills
Posted on June 19, 2011 | No CommentsAbout a week or so ago I posted a thread on the NJPineBarrens.com forums asking for people’s opinions on what they believed to be the most remote place in the... -
On the Trail to Union Clay Works
Posted on June 19, 2011 | No CommentsClay was king at Pasadena. Nestled back in the woods near Woodmansie, down the tracks from Whiting and even farther from Catsworth, an empire of clay was borne and then... -
The Story of Quaker Bridge
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe story of Quaker Bridge begins with the need to cross the Batsto or Mullica River at that place in present-day Washington Township. As Leah Blackman explains, that need arose... -
Mary Ann Forge
Posted on April 3, 2010 | No CommentsThe Mary Ann Forge has always been somewhat enigmatic for those who enjoy poking around the more obscure locations in the Pine Barrens. While many of you have read what... -
Proposed Devastation Prior to Belcoville
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsA year before the United States entered the First World War, the Bethlehem Steel Company quietly purchased vast quantities of land southwest of Mays Landing for building a new proving... -
Camp Kenilworth, 1904
Posted on January 17, 2010 | No CommentsExtracted from Village Improvement, publication of the Moorestown Improvement Association. Vol. I, No. 10, September 1905, pages 2-3. CAMP KENILWORTH BY GEORGE DE COU. Camp Kenilworth is located on Kenilworth... -
Lower Forge / Un-bridge Revisited
Posted on January 17, 2010 | No CommentsLower Forge has always meant a campground to me. For decades I have hiked rode and paddled past the big hill of the Lower Forge campground. Recently I got to...