The Forge at Metedeconk
By Gene Donatiello In March of 1808, Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, signed the third Embargo Act cutting off trade with England and France. In that same year, John Lippencott, of Mount...
Author: Ben Ruset
Whispers in the Pines: The Secrets of Colliers Mills
When one thinks of the Pine Barrens, one thinks of Wharton State Forest, Byrne State Forest, the Forked River Mountains, and a thousand other places in South Jersey. Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area, on...
Camping in the Pine Barrens
With it’s close proximity to urban and suburban locales, the wilderness of the Pine Barrens makes it a natural attracion for those who are looking to experience nature. To that end, there are numerous...
Five Killed, Many Injured in Greatest Forest Fires in the History of Two Counties
More Than 20,000 Acres Involved in Four-Day Conflagration in the Area from Chatsworth to Tuckerton and Manahawkin–2,000 Men Fought Fire / Men Were Trapped While Fighting In one of the worst forest fires in...
Fighting Fire in Waterford – Sept. 16, 1895
FIGHTING FIRE IN WATERFORD Thousands of Acres of Cedar Swamps Ablaze Cranberry Bogs Destroyed A Gallop for Life. WATERFORD, N. J., Sept. 15.— A terrific fire is destroying thousands of acres of cedar swamps...
Forest Fires In New Jersey – An Evil Which the State Seeks to Remedy by Legislation – Sept 17, 1894
TRENTON, N.J., Sept 16. – New Jersey has just reason to be alarmed about forest fires, for she now has 1,300,000 acres of land remaining in forests in what is known as the pine...
An Ocean County Forest Fire
The following is reprinted from “A History of Monmouth and Ocean County” by Edwin Salter. Fires have been so frequent in the extensive forests of Ocean County, that it is a hopeless task to...
Charles Boyer Obituary
Charles 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. As president and one...
Willis Buzby Obituary
Willis 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 his wife, Elsie M.,...
Joseph Wharton Obituary
Joseph 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 iron manufacturers in the...