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  1. Jerseyman

    South Jersey: What are its boundaries?

    Folks: The locational phenomenon known today as "South Jersey" has only existed in the state's collective consciousness since the days of the Civil War. The first public use of the term "South Jersey" appears in the Hammonton newspaper, the South Jersey Republican. We could debate ad nuseum...
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    The Salem Road and Other Places

    Mike: Nice photos and I'm glad we inspired you to continue the tour solo! One of the sites we passed on our way in to see the Kay house was the home of Malcolm Wells, constructed in 1956 into the side of a hill. In case you didn't know it, Mike, Wells designed the covered bridge for...
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    The Salem Road and Other Places

    Ed: Bonnie's Bridge is located in the Barclay Farms section of Cherry Hill just off Route 70. If you want more specific location information, please PM me in keeping with Ben's request not to provide detailed locational information for sites in a fragile state. During the tour we actually...
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    Pine Barrens Childrens Books

    LARGO: There is much truth in what you write. There are few GOOD Pinelands fiction books for children (or adults, for that matter!), even though many of the authors hail from Jersey. Collectively, they demonstrate, for the most part, complete ignorance of their story setting. Regarding the...
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    lawrence and keith lines

    James: While the directional labels can be confusing, remember that the East and West Jersey Proprietors originally intended the line to divide the state into two equitable proprietorships. Hence, they placed the terminal points for the province line with equality in mind. If they had run...
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    Pine Barrens Childrens Books

    LARGO: Here is a fairly comprehensive list of Pineland fiction. If anyone can add to it, I would be delighted to hear from them! Best regards, Jerseyman P.S. I should add here that this list comprises books about the Pinelands only and does not touch upon any books about the coastal...
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    I've have for a while

    Guy: If you climb over the guardrail and enter the woods right by the historical marker, you will find the road by walking eastward. You'll know it when you see it! There is only about quarter-mile or less of the roadway present in the woods today, but it is worth the experience of standing on...
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    I've have for a while

    Mike: Munn Lane is a good alternative to parking on Brace Road. However, be forewarned that the portion of the Salem Road nearest to Munn Lane is private property and other trespassers have gotten in trouble in the past. Just thought you should know. When are you planning to visit? Best...
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    Five Holes Yield 28 Rattlers for Jersey Snake Trapper

    dragoncjo: Don't interpret my role as a historian to provide a window on the past as any type of personal endorsement of the subject matter at hand. In plainer idiom, Please don't shoot the messenger (or the piano player, for that matter!). I'm just providing the information to initiate...
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    Five Holes Yield 28 Rattlers for Jersey Snake Trapper

    Evening Courier (Camden), 7 May 1927, p. 3 [spelling original throughout] Mount Holly, May 7.—Asay Pittman, who resides at Mt. Misery, deep in the pines, and known as a famous snake catcher, had the unusual experience the past few days of catching 28 rattle snakes in five holes. This task...
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    Melancholy Pasadena, the saddest place in the Pines?

    Stizkidz: That's a good guess, considering the deaths that have occurred in Pasadena, but Mount Misery derives its name from the Mount Misery Sawmill, established by Frenchman Peter Bard, a land speculator. He constructed the mill in 1723 and then conveyed the sawmill to John Murrow during...
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    Melancholy Pasadena, the saddest place in the Pines?

    Folks: By now we all know the story of the Brooksbrae Brick Company and the Wheatland Manufacturing Company works in Pasadena, Ocean County, but what about the human toll associated with the operations and the town of Pasadena? Henry Beck tells the story, perhaps apocryphal, of Bill and...
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    lawrence and keith lines

    Folks: The Keith Line-Lawrence Line disagreement has been a long-standing debate between the East and West Jersey Proprietors. In reality Keith shot his line on an incorrect trajectory, which is why he ended his line at the South Branch of the Raritan near what, today, is Three Bridges...
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