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In case anyone is interested...years ago a snapper sold for .50 a lb after gutting it. After gutting it, it would weigh half as much...so the 28lber paid around $7-$8.00. My friend said the biggest snapper he ever got weighed 45 lbs.

A 28lb snapper isn't really that big. In the old days they were much bigger. Like I said, I have this great picture (a newspaper clipping) from around 1953. It shows 2 snappers held by their tails by two locals. Not sure how to go about searching archives to bring up the story as well as any...

Behind the foundation of the sanitorium is a well. The hole is very scary and reminds me of the movie "The Ring". Has anyone checked it out?

jokerman What exactly did you find? You mentioned a tavern site, do you mean at Eagle? I do not know of any tavern site at Friendship. I would love to join you out there. Just let me know when.

Teegate If I understand the postings correctly, in post # 10 in this thread BobM posted a link to a photo you took and it gives credit with your name. Tell me, am I still confused?

This week I am going back up to Friendship and take some pictures of my own. I need to take one of the old outhouse hole before it totally disappears. Yes there are a few hidden foundations not totally visable to the eye unless you know where to look. The broken colored glass lays on the side...

I saw the show with the gig, it was horrible! Not the smartest thing though, to be using as a walking cane at night through the swamp, especially with the forked end facing upward! Thank you so much for the info on snapper trapping.

BobM & Woodjin Bob, the picture you posted weight was estimated by a professional trapper at around 28lbs. I am going to inquire more into the laws governing snapper trapping. Woodjin: Selling snappers and deer meat has a very long history in the pines. Many bars along the 206 area of...

Ben you are right. Parkdale did have a railroad station that burned down during the time period mentioned. I was told a couple of guys from Hammonton did it on mischief night. I heard that they also set fire to an old wooden foot bridge in the same area. There was definately houses in Parkdale...

Rich In one of your last few post, you mentioned Goodrich and Clayburger owning bogs in Hampton. Goodrich and Clayburger also owned bogs in the area of Buttersworth Bogs Road in Tabernacle. When we lived in the house on Carranza Road, my dad worked for Goodrich and Clayburger. If memory serves...

I have been recently hearing tales of bigger then usual snappers showing up. Is trapping them still allowed or are then now considered endangered speceis? Someone told me as of June 18th it is legal to trap with a license. I do not think your big guy has much to worry about. A snapper that size...

When I was alittle girl, my father told me the location of Harris Station. It was the same area you described on the border of Tabernacle and Chatsworth. As for Sandy Ridge...my father used to live there. I was never told of a station there or one referred to as Carranza Station. Yes, there are...

Regarding the book, did anyone ever figure out what killed the guy?

I have no special direction in mind, and mostly flexible. I live near Batsto, so I proberly take a tour of the mansion with my kids. Other than that, I am open.

I was wondering if anything was going on this weekend. I am free and if weather permitting, I will be out exploring somewhere.

Well laugh all you want...but when I lived at Friendship my father had called me and my mom outside in the dark to hear this noise. I still remember hanging on to my mom"s pantleg and hearing the panting and wailing comning across the bogs. My dad who lived in the pines all his life said he had...

You don't need to apologize to me. Talk about whatever you want. Friendship is for everybody, I was just lucky enough to have lived there.

My dad's occupations Woodjin, Thank you for the encouragement. Yes, I do know Marlyn S. from Chatsworth and talk to her on occasion. When we lived in Friendship, my father worked for a Tabernacle guy named Winnie Haines. He own blueberries on the road to Eagle. I believe the packing house...

Rich, you have went into some detail here which I have never heard of before. Where did you get your facts? Also, feel free to post more in regard to this fascinating history of Friendship.

Thanks a mil. Wow, what a conpliment! No one has ever quite discribed my work in that fashion before. By the way, I love your "wrap up" to the quote!