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Yes, very interesting and def breathes some life into the locale. That map places the mill east of the main road that was used at that time. It may or not be the same road as it is laid today. An inquiring mind can have some fun comparing historic data.

The former location of the mill is just south of Route 70. There's a newer house on the property with a cranberry bog or similar operation beyond the house. It's pretty much all private property and as adventurous as I am, you'd have to bypass a locked gate and that's where I draw the line. I...

Its funny because I could swear that some reference books I've read had used the "in ruins" reference to document that the "main" hampton forge was no longer operating at date of referenced map.

I knew you guys would know :)

I looked up Sweet Pepper Bush and that looks like it. It smells really nice in my yard right now thanks to this plant.

This tree/bush is flowering right now in woods surrounding my property. Smellsvery fragrant like lavendar. Anybody familar with it!

no way, Christie is backing up big oil and is willing to sell away our natural resources and heritage to do their bidding? i never saw it coming!

That's so awesome that they took the time and caught those assholes

So interesting, thanks for the hard work and time to bring the summary to us. The destruction is always so sad but its a common theme in most NJ places.

This person looking for gravestones is big trouble. He has been searching for the small, hidden, and vulnerable grave sites in my area. He then feels the desire to remove the headstones to "protect" them. It is against the law to remove ANY headstones from a cemetery and he apparently is...

Very cool stuff. That sign looks like it would have likely hung at the entrance to the person's office or shop.

I am just reading this for the first time now. It looks like the Pinelands Commission has obviously accepted bribes to allow this to happen. Why else would they be fighting for this development and going completely against what they were trusted to do. I mean come on, how much more obvious...

No that sounds like a monkey! LOL. This was a very simple, 2-note whistle like you would do to get your dog's attention in close proximity. We were so close to it that I would think any animal would stay quiet to avoid being detected. I will prob delete this soon so as to not encourage...

We had a strange experience in Allaire State Park (out in woods, not village) one night in the early 90's. We didn't see a Bigfoot but we heard the same types of sounds... loud, organic but human type yells off in the distance, first from in front of us (way deep into the woods), then...

I was there about 12 years ago. It's private property but I talked to the owner who let me take a walk around. There was one small, old structure that I saw at that time and I have a non-digital photo of it that I can post later. He told me the use of the building but I'm having trouble...

In 2008 or 2009 there were tons of gypsy moths starting to eat my trees for second year in a row and I was worried that all my trees would be killed since they can only take one year being without leaves from what I've heard. However, June was a VERY wet month that year. Almost in synch, they...

I came across a rabid metal detector guy a few years ago at Martha who was hell bent on finding treasure at one of the old sites. He said his uncle or grandfather had the original fireback from the Atsion Mansion. Sounds like a stolen item and would be good if his relative would be kind enough...

Yes, good point. The clay works destroyed Old Half Way. No protections back then though...

I think the path of Manapaqua Brook may have been altered or the old map is just wrong since I don't believe that junction (of 2 brooks) is the correct location for the former Phoenix Forge. This is just my opinion and I could very well be wrong.

The concern seems to be more for the fact that there's not enough legislation to keep the logging entities from breaking the rules and not performing the activities in a way that will be protective of the forests. Yes, the trees of the pine barrens were decimated for 100's of years. We can...