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    Harris Station

    So was Bodine's and Washington Tavern the same place. The author of that piece says that Bodine's was Sooy's Tavern in Washington. I always thought Bodine's was down in the area of Bodine's Field. Hmm...
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    Harris Station

    What a fantastic book. I read it several months ago with a pasion. I wish (very much) that so much knowledge was available for other places of industry in the pines. His diagrams were of the utmost interest. It's hard to orient yourself as to the original lineup of the original main road even...
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    Went to Buckingham today

    Thanks all for helping me translate the postcard. My Father speaks some German and found the words too small to recognize. I will try with the web page you kindly provided. If this won't work, I will try to get another scan up for Tom to try to give it a whirl. Thanks again!
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    Went to Buckingham today

    The one time I went to find Buckingham I knew I was close but didn't see any area which I knew to be the exact former locale. I drove all over the place and saw many houses in the area including a trailer in the woods. I will have to go back soon and find it.
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    Red Oak Grove (and Union Clay Graves)

    Yeah, this person's "enthusiams" are really not in rhyme with vibes of the whole experience, in my opinion. Of course, my opinions are going to become "grizzled" to some. I really enjoy the slow manner of my explorations, since the areas I explore have waited so long for me. Of course, I want to...
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    Went to Buckingham today

    I just browsed through some of your pics. They are a lot of great photos in there. Thanks for posting them. That's really cool that you found a Pleasant Mills post card. That place is one of my favorites since it has such an interesting history. Was it mailed from "Elmwood, NJ"? It was hard to...
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    Went to Buckingham today

    I have a post card that you and all may be interested in. It is a Greeting PC maiked from Pasadena, NJ in 1907 and is addressed to Max Voight in Buckingham, NJ. The post office crossed out Buckingham and penciled in "Whiting,NJ". So it has all three town on it. Max Voight is mentioned in Beck's...
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    Ben and I visited the Hamlet of Cedar Bridge today

    I was meaning to post something about Cedar Bridge. Several weeks ago I started out to find Cedar Bridge using Beck's remarks and an old map showing Cedar Bridge. I had a confusing time with it. I found the place you pictured on my second trip, which definately is where the old maps mark the...
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    Red Oak Grove (and Union Clay Graves)

    Al, I'm just going to add one comment and I hope it will serve to settle this discussion which is getting a little out of hand. The decisions about giving the location of the graves is not a personal one toward you and I'm not quite sure why you feel it is. It's not a decision that can be...
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    Red Oak Grove (and Union Clay Graves)

    I'm also in %100 agreement about not disclosing the location of the graves. This web site already provides a slough of info and shortcuts to the pines. I haven't found the Graves yet, but will feel much better about it in the future when I find them on my own. I can just imagine how much work...
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    Red Oak Grove (and Union Clay Graves)

    Nice Jeep. That's pretty cool that you had a pic of yours from the the road we were discussing. It's good to see both side mirrors holding tight. One of mine sags down like a wounded ear on a stray dog. Mines red, but wish it wasn't. Makes it easy to see when coming back from hikes though...
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    Red Oak Grove (and Union Clay Graves)

    I love the fact that there are other nuts roaming the woods at the same time I am and are picking up on all kinds evidence such as, my footprints in the sand at some fallen tree out in the middle of nowhere in thunder and lightning storms. I will definately have to show this dialogue to my...
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    Red Oak Grove (and Union Clay Graves)

    I stumbled upon that tree today also. I was able to move part of the branches to one side and get through. It must have been struck by lightning. I ws in Union Clay Works yesterday looking around and discovered some of the smallest ticks Ive ever seen on my legs and ankles. I must have pulled...
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    Sppedwell/Hampton Furnace

    I found the path by going into the rec area across 206 where the old line is obvious and being used as a service road. I followed the path of it and could see the path on the eastern side of 206 and could follow it to the central line. My sockss got COVERED with the smallest ticks I have ever...
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    Sppedwell/Hampton Furnace

    Guy, I went back there today to reinspect and have to sa that I agree that I was most likely mistaken. I saw pieces of masonry along those walls and thought there was more underneath, but when I dug I found that there was only fill-type sand beneath. I guess the rubble is from elsewhere. I can...
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    Sppedwell/Hampton Furnace

    Guy, after reading all the responses, I forgot who said they walked down and back. I realized even before you went that you were just going to be passing by because of time constraints. I try to push stuff in after work and I live in Monmouth County, so I sometimes only have a short time frame...
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    Sppedwell/Hampton Furnace

    The area of interest is to the left of the photo, before the bridge. You would need to walk from the road in the photo into the woods on the left...and keep walking. There are one or two small cellar holes near the intersection of the bridge road and Glossy Spung. There IS a significant cellar...
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    Sppedwell/Hampton Furnace

    Yes! The embankment on the left side of the pic seems very familiar and there could only be so many bridges like this one. If you walk to the left of the pic along the roadway you will see what I am talking about. Make sure to go all the way to the place where the stream makes a tight turn...
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    Sppedwell/Hampton Furnace

    Just look for a little area where it looks like people pull over. It's right before this spot and after a turn that I believe only goes to the right. This is all if you're coming from Tuckerton Road. Let me know if you may know when you might be there and I may be able to meet you and pinpoint...
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    Sppedwell/Hampton Furnace

    Guy, the aroow is pointing to a spot next to Glossy Spung. You can see the road next to it. The clearing to the upper right in the military base and the road going along the top of the picture is Tuckerton Road, right after it splits from Carranza.
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