Hello!
My name is Gerry Lingner, and for the past four years or so I have bee the volunteer Legal Monitor for the Nature Conservancy's Forked River Mountian preserve. I just found out about this site a few days ago from Renee (bach2yoga) and decided to sign up. It appears the great mystery surrounding Aserdaten, which I had been trying to find for a while, has been solved by Ben and others. I was wondering whether anyone knew about the other big ghost town near the FRM preserve, Howardsville, which is in Greenwood WMA and even has a paved road leading to it off of Rt. 72.
From wandering around, I can tell it was an old cranberry operation. The reservior is still pretty much intact at the N edge of town. The bogs themselves are is great disrepair; several of the dykes between bogs have completely disintegrated. There are a few foundations to the east of the bogs but no buildings left standing. The fields in the are are still open; I don't know if that's by chance or design (active management). Does anybody know when the bog ceased operation? Did it just go out of business or was it bought out by the state? An inquiring mind wants to know....
BTW, Howardsville is a great spot for frogs; the other night I heard Pine Barrens Tree Frog (lots), Fowler's Toad (lots), S. Leopard Frog (a few), Carpenter Frog (a few) and Green Frog (a couple).
Thanks for any and all assitance!!!
My name is Gerry Lingner, and for the past four years or so I have bee the volunteer Legal Monitor for the Nature Conservancy's Forked River Mountian preserve. I just found out about this site a few days ago from Renee (bach2yoga) and decided to sign up. It appears the great mystery surrounding Aserdaten, which I had been trying to find for a while, has been solved by Ben and others. I was wondering whether anyone knew about the other big ghost town near the FRM preserve, Howardsville, which is in Greenwood WMA and even has a paved road leading to it off of Rt. 72.
From wandering around, I can tell it was an old cranberry operation. The reservior is still pretty much intact at the N edge of town. The bogs themselves are is great disrepair; several of the dykes between bogs have completely disintegrated. There are a few foundations to the east of the bogs but no buildings left standing. The fields in the are are still open; I don't know if that's by chance or design (active management). Does anybody know when the bog ceased operation? Did it just go out of business or was it bought out by the state? An inquiring mind wants to know....
BTW, Howardsville is a great spot for frogs; the other night I heard Pine Barrens Tree Frog (lots), Fowler's Toad (lots), S. Leopard Frog (a few), Carpenter Frog (a few) and Green Frog (a couple).
Thanks for any and all assitance!!!