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The Legendary Pine Barrens: New Tales From Old Haunts 17 Jun 2013 | 06:36 am
Manufacturing stories and tall-tales is an industry linked to South Jersey as much as iron making or growing cranberries has been. For centuries, the folks of Down Jersey have spun...
Atsion: Part 3 – To the Modern Day 4 Apr 2013 | 07:42 am
This is the final article in a three part series looking at the history of the ghost town of Atsion. You can find part one of the series at this...
Atsion: Part 2 – Prosperity and Decline 29 Mar 2013 | 01:24 am
This is part two of a three part series looking at the history of the ghost town of Atsion. You can find part one at this link. Samuel Richards, good-looking...
Atsion: Part 1 – The Charles Read Era 6 Mar 2013 | 05:55 am
Henry Drinker, a wealthy Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, wrote: “I expect it will be nothing new to hear that we Iron Masters are in general a sett of Hungry, needy...
Remembering Howard Boyd 27 Nov 2012 | 03:16 am
It was the summer of 1968 that we met by chance on the edge of the West Plains near Coyle field. While photographing buck-moth caterpillars, I noticed a crouching figure...
The History of the Cedar Bridge Fire Tower 23 Oct 2012 | 03:59 am
In 1924 records show that the first Cedar Bridge fire lookout (60 foot Aermoter) was erected on a small knoll near the Cedar Bridge Hotel on the old Cedar Bridge...
The Beauty and the Wealth of a Land of Desolation 9 Oct 2012 | 07:30 am
In the Pine Barrens: The Beauty and the Wealth of a Land of Desolation Originally published in the New York Tribune, August 6, 1893. You may still call it, as...
Brendan Byrne State Forest: A Quick Guide 24 Jul 2012 | 04:13 pm
Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, formerly known as Lebanon State Forest, is located in the northern part of the New Jersey Pinelands. It’s location and convenient access to State Route 70 make it conven...
Wharton State Forest: A Quick Guide 6 Jun 2012 | 01:33 am
Wharton State Forest is the largest, and perhaps the best, place to begin a Pine Barrens adventure. With over 115,000 acres of land spread between Burlington and Atlantic Counties there are plenty of ...
A Hat, a Hut, or a Tavern: The Tale of Ong’s Hat 17 May 2012 | 01:19 pm
It all started with a road map of New Jersey. A little north of the Red Lion Circle, in the heart of the Burlington County Pine Barrens, the map depicted a tiny hamlet marked with the unusual name of ...
