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Is it possible that there was an even older, curvier alignment to an old Atsion Road, with a corresponding older tavern? That is apparently the case with Doughtys Tavern in Milmay and the Blue Bell Tavern above Downstown. A long time ago Budd Wilson was asked about the location of the original...

...err, Applepye Hill in 1759. TO: Tanton Earl; Thomas Earl, Jr. 19 Jun 1759 FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 2 acres. Near Little Egg Harbor Road; south east of Applepye Hill; Burlington County. OTHERS NAME Daniel Ellis (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Applepye Hill...

Mary-Ann Thompson of the Birches pointed out side channels at her bogs dug for the purpose of flood-water accommodation. These were overwhelmed by 2004 flood event that breached her dams.

Oh my, channeling Robert & Dorothy's legacy is quite a feat. Assuredly, both remain milling about. Again, it would help if we knew the chronostratigraphy and morphoscopy of the sediments. Send me an email as the conversation is going beyond what is published.

Scroggy, You make wonderful observations. The remarkable preservation of undisturbed terrain and its degradation is easily seen on lidar imagery. Dating and characterizing these sediments might make for an interesting story in light of new information. How do you account for the flat spots...

A good place to go is the Searchable Databases and Records Request Forms at Early Land Records, 1650–1900s. Goshen Neck properties listed there seem to be on the Burlington County side. https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx Also, in Glimpses of the Past...

Woodjin, that is interesting. It would make sense to collect ore from places away from pesky tree roots like savannahs and drained lake-beds. Cripples, too, were often sparse in tree roots, as apparently was the case along the "Ore Road" south of Deep Run. Weymouth ore beds west of what is now...

Great work! If we know where Old Goshen is and where Goshen Gap is, then perhaps this would be Goshen Neck— The gap is the lowland area between higher relict plateau.

In 1970 hydrogeologist Rhodehamel estimated that about 2% of the Pine Barrens was then occupied by spungs, and their extant has decreased since then due to degradation. Given their ecological and cultural importance, and a limited footprint, are true spungs expendable?

True paleodunes–parabolic and transverse—are limited in extant to small dune fields near wetlands and waterways. Their integrity is important to the sustained health of adjacent wetland habitat. Having grown up in the Pines I take middle ground on the off-roading issue. In youth I couldn't wait...

Wow, It's nice to see dear Wayne Newell getting due recognition for seeing a strong periglacial (cold, non-glacial) signature here. He spent summers on his grandfather's farm along Stop-the-Jade east of the PPA's Bishop House, working the family cranberry bogs toward New Lisbon. I argue that our...

This paleohydrology is from the cold, dry, and windy Pleistocene. We are looking at a Pleistocene alluvial fan where snowmelt flooding occurred over frozen ground. Stewart et al. (1985) first noticed the stream pattern, which Marsh (1985) thought might be flooding across South Jersey caused by...

S_J, Judging by river-meander structure, there appears to be much fill added to your site at the red arrow and its corresponding bank to the south. Note the cripple just to the east of the cross-hairs on your lidar imagery. Judging by the surrounding land-surface structure, the new Goshen Pond...

Yes, the practice apparently occurred up there in North Jersey too—i.e., above the Mullica. You're right, the practice is better documented in South Jersey by my interest bias. Swedes, Finns, and Dutch seem more involved in this practice that is slowly abandoned during the nineteenth century...

I have not seen evidence another mill pond upstream from Old Goshen (Goshon, Goshion). The Cook-Vermeule map has a cranberry bog complex established on the old mill pond remains. Is it possible that the existing timber ruins are cranberry bog infrastructure...

Bob, I document how cattle were raised in Pine Barrens savannah in an upcoming work. There were cattle drives to other areas with the winter rise in the groundwater table. For example, I grew up by Calfs Head on Calf Pasture Branch in Buckhorn (above the Old Tomlin Place). The farm was above...

There is a small pond where the "new?" Goshen Pond resides.

This post on Old Goshen caught my interest because of its association with meadow or savannah habitat that was once likely present by the Atsiunk River. According to a 1758 deed to Abraham Leeds (West Jersey Loose Records #60711) there are two unnamed cripples “near ye head of a Saw Mill pond...

Manumuskin, You do get around! 'Bet you didn't know that you were on Hance Bridge Road at its intersection with the Old Lmmis Road. The former trail connects the Union House with Smith's Little Mill above Weymouth. The latter trail connects Mays Landing's Lummis Causeway over Lummis Run with...

Hey all, Sorry for the slow response. I find the land-surface of the Pine Barrens intriguing. That includes the terrain here by Bennetts Mill, which is very old and full of lore. I’ve written about the spungs (dark spots below) in the new book manuscript, which are collectively called the...