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I'll put it here as it has to do with Bodines. I'm reading through the Martha Furnace Diary - in an entry dated 4 August 1808, it states: "This Day the 2d Company Court of Appeals was held at Bodines. David Vann Attended & returned regular in the Evening.He got Israel Mick to drive for...

Great photos - really like the lake shots

Like the photos - very good eye - looks like a neat place to visit. Good catch with the deer. Oh, and yes, that is a sharpening wheel :)

:rofl: good one! I heard a long time ago that there were bears in the Barrens - haven't seen one yet - but, I will admit, I've seen that one - oh and monkey - they are kinda neighbors ;) :mrgreen:

Great pics! Shame people see an abandoned area as a convienient place to disposed of unwanted items :( good find on the brochure! :mrgreen: and the brochure kinda answers a question from the thread I started - it looks like Norlemon was a town in 1961 - maybe.... a cleanup sounds like a...

Mt Korbar - explained?? I haven't been there in a while and hope to rewalk that section of the trail soon, but as the sign is on a tree...um, this may explain where the name came from. I knew the hill as Tea Time - it could be the current sign is an ad for a band - KoRbaR. They play in Forked...

Yeah, that stuff should be picked up and deposited on the lawn (or lawns) of the offender.......

Martha Furnace Diary I notice this thread is kinda old and well, I'm new round these parts so not sure if the interest is still out there but I found the Martha Furnace Diary online - goes from 1808-1815. Just did a quick scan of a few pages and it's rather interesting, if you're into that sort...

:rofl: well it would revitalize a lost industry in the Barrens :mrgreen:

Amazes me the bottles, and I'm talking plastic, you find along the Batona Trail - found one the other day that was half full. OK, so that could have been dropped accidentally. But from skimming this - I'm with y'all - if you can carry it into the Pines, you sure as heck can carry it out. There...

Cool pic. One thing I always thought was neat was seeing the A-10 Warthogs go buzzing over the Pines. Everytime I went out there I'd see one or two...of course this was a number of years ago....

Regarding electronic mishaps, this past weekend I was hiking the Batona Trail with my GPS and usually the track was dead on where I was. Crossing 563 to White Horse Road, it all of a sudden when squirrely on me. The track ended up far to the right of White Horse Rd on the map. It was fine up...

There is a legend I read somewhere relating to Quaker Bridge and a white stag. A coach heading toward the bridge stopped suddenly - the horses refused to move. The dirver alit from the coach and saw a white stag standing in the road before it disappeared. He walked toward the bridge and noticed...

:mrgreen: good point - of course just add a little "liquid imagination" ;-) :guinness:

well, here's my two cents - it looks kinda like a deformed snapping turtle - sans shell and back legs

I was through this area today on the Batona Trail - wondered about it myself. Only three "streets" were visible of those on the grid. Was hard to tell where the others ran and most likely have overgrown through the years. I agree the grid system does appear development like......

Thanks bobpbx :) I had read somewhere it may have been campground. Shame it isn't there anymore, but the proximity to Presidential Lakes may have made it necessary to abandon it, I guess. Wonder if there are any pics of the old campground. Something for me to look into

oops actually I think I confused matters - Norlemon Road isn't near Deep Hollow Pond. Here is where it's located - It joins Route 72 and Shinns Road:http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.88748&lon=-74.56766&size=m&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG

Hey all. I was out on the Batona Trail today with my GPS and noticed the trail crosses a dirt road with the name of Norlemon. Would anyone know the origin of this name? Also, near Deep Hollow Pond, there is an old paved road which I understand to be part of an old campground or campsite -...