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Gabe: Weird Al’s parody was like a symphony to my ears! In part, email and particularly texting is ruining the written word, but so is the instruction provided in modern public schools. People who cannot properly write should refrain from writing at all! With my abhorrence of people writing in...

Guy: One minor correction, if you don’t mind: Asa spelled his surname with two “ts” as in “Pittman.” I have his family Bible in my library collection, which contains a couple of articles tipped in concerning Mr. Upton. A couple years ago, the Riverside Historical Society in Burlington County...

Sorry to hear of your discontent, Bob! Perhaps a poor attempt at levity will cheer you up a bit: There once was a man from Bamber Who fancied himself quite a rambler But in a great rush He entered high brush And chigger bites now plague this poor ambler. Best regards, Jerseyman

johnnyb: I do not make a habit of responding to old threads, but I obviously missed this one from last year, so I am answering your questions now. Charles K. Landis is responsible for constructing the Vineland Railway from Atsion to Bayside, completing the line in December 1871. Landis...

Bait for the Jersey Devil? I understand he enjoyed the “high life” and those baked beans would provide extra lift to push him up and and away!

Folks: Here is an interesting text on John Richards and his connection to Weymouth, Gloucester Furnace, and other Pine Barren sites. I have retained the original spelling throughout. A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE JOHN RICHARDS, INSCRIBED TO HIS DESCENDANTS UPON THE CENTENNIAL OF HIS BIRTH...

Mark: Most assuredly, Port Murray station stood along the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Regarding Young’s Mine, William S. Bayley, writing in Volume VII of the Final Report of the State Geologist, Iron Mines (1910), states: (120) Young’s Mine On the topographic map a pit is...

Don: It is not my intention to inject myself into the exchange between yourself and Scott. Most people who know anything about Shane’s Castle, however, obtained the story from John Clement in George R. Prowell’s History of Camden County (1886) or some subsequent tertiary source. Clement made...

It looks like you had a very nice hike along this trail! Let me see if I can straighten out the railroad history for you. The Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company received its legislative charter in 1836, but the company became moribund from the effects of the Panic...

I think what was meant here was social Darwinism, another term closely associated with eugenics. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: After a careful examination of the photograph, I can assure you that the building in the background is not the Colwell Mansion at Weymouth. The building in the photograph is reminiscent of the Sora Club along the Cohansey outside of Bridgeton, but even that does not match exactly. I am...

Well—it appears we have another Lord Whimsy fan on our hands! BTW, Johnny Depp purchased the rights for the Affected Provincial movie. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: Since this may be a rare occurrence, I took a screen shot to show the two Pine Barons of the NJPineBarrens.com forums both being on line at the same time: Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: For those of you with copies of the book, Chaseworld and are interested in having it signed, I’ve just been informed that Mary Hufford will be in attendance tomorrow with Rita Moonsammy. So, come on out and have the various authors including Mary sign your books!! Best regards, Jerseyman

The Forks of the Rancocas is a fabled land that hosted the large native town known as Remkokes before European settlers ever arrived on the creek to take up parcels for agrarian pursuits. In 1670 the Bohemian Augustin Herrman toured Maryland and Virginia and what would become Delaware and West...

Folks: I am looking forward to seeing all of my friends at the 2014 Lines on the Pines event at Kerri Brooke Caterers in Hammonton! It is going to be even bigger and better this year, if that is possible!! For those of you who have dithered about attending the dinner and fear you have waited...

Marcia: I hope you read the other thread: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/poor-peggy-clevenger-murder-or-just-an-accident.8303/ for accurate information on Peggy Clevenger and her family. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: To maximize sales of their 1860 Philadelphia and Vicinity map, cartographers Lake and Beers created 8 different editions of this cadastral map by changing the vignette maps scattered around the frame. They produced maps to cover communities in Salem County, Gloucester County, Camden...

johnnyb: New Jersey Tax Ratables lists can be helpful in determining what property a particular individual owned, including the “certainties” like mills, chaises, taverns, etc., depending on what the colonial or state legislature deemed taxable for the year. The New Jersey State Archives holds...

Terry: Someone needs to travel to Woodbury and obtain copies of the necessary tavern petitions and licenses from the Gloucester County Historical Society. The deeds would also be available there on microfilm. Best regards, Jerseyman