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Folks: Here is wonderful description that famed local historian George DeCou prepared in 1904 of Camp Kenilworth, once located on Kenilworth Lake near Kresson. I hope tomorrow I will have time to scan some post cards of the camp and post them. Extracted from Village Improvement...

Folks: In reading through a much longer article on malleable cast iron, I came across this paragraph, which provides yet another explanation of what happened to the iron furnaces scattered through the Pines: Etna and Weymouth recall to us the industries which once existed in the Jersey...

Folks: Here is another short excerpt from 1829 that discusses the charcoal trade at that time. Extracted from Hazard’s Register of Pennsylvania : Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents, and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania. Vol. IV...

Folks: Here is a short excerpt from 1829 that explains one of the cut-overs in the Pine Barrens and how the resultant wood was used. Extracted from Hazard’s Register of Pennsylvania : Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents, and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting...

Folks: While the New Year has just started, March is not all that far away, so Linda Stanton asked me to remind you that it is time to start thinking about your attendance at the 2010 Lines on the Pines event. Here are all the particulars: “About Blueberries and Cranberries.” Ted...

Folks: I offer this piece with some trepidation, based on the jaundiced and scandalous description of Pine Barren residents of the time and the other factual errors found in the article, including those about the Jersey Devil. Nonetheless, I thought you would enjoy the read, keeping my...

Folks: Here is a great natural description of the Pine Barrens from 1908: Extracted from the PROCEEDINGS of the Delaware County Institute of Science, Vol. III, No. 3, April 1908, page 114-123. THE PINE LANDS—THEIR FLORA AND FAUNA. BY SARAH C. HILLMAN. (Of the Haddonfield Natural...

Folks: I was not sure in what forum to place this text, so I chose the “Ghost Towns and Forgotten Places” forum for lack of better location. I may extract some additional text from this book in the future. Extracted from Historical Collections of New Jersey: Past and Present: Containing a...

Folks: Here is great mid-nineteenth-century trip through the Pines with wonderful descriptions of what the area looked like at that time. Mention is made of sailing into Toms River and “Mr. Neil” and his clay and this would be Harry Neall of Union Clay Works fame. Also note the great...

Folks: Here is another historical trip for those of you into botany: FROM THE FRIEND, SEVENTH-DAY, EIGHTH MONTH 2, 1890, P. 3. FOR THE FRIEND. Brown’s Mills. When at Glassboro, on our return from a visit to the marl pits of the West Jersey Company, as described in THE FRIEND a week...

Folks: At Bob’s request, here is the story titled Between the Lupin and the Laurel. This version is the one published in Scribner’s Magazine and I have included the four illustrations that accompanied the original article. I hope you enjoy the read and will have some fun determining the real...

Folks: As promised, here is another article from the past about the Pines. This one features writing by the same author as the piece on cycling through the Pines. Please enjoy yet another installment of my Christmas gift to you all, my friends! Outdoors, Volume XXXVI, No. 6, September...

Folks: Here is Everett Tomlinson’s account of Fenton the Outlaw, a Pine Barren Robber known as the Baron of the Pines (not to be confused with John!) active during the American War for Independence. Enjoy! Excerpted from Everett Titsworth Tomlinson, Stories of the American Revolution, Part...

Folks: Here is a fictionalized account of a nineteenth-century bridal party’s encounter with a fast-moving forest fire in the Pine Barrens. It is a harrowing read, but before you know it, you will again be able to sit back in your seat! Sorry—no illustrations with this one. Graham’s Lady’s...

Folks: Although this account of a bicycle ride through the Pines is a bit short on historical substance, it is, nonetheless, a pleasant read and I have included all of the illustrations that accompanied the original article. Outlook, Volume 26, April 1895, pp. 32-40 WE had...

Folks: Here is another account of a trip by botanists into the Pine Barrens from circa 1900: Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1900. 1901, pp. 544-549 THE PINE BARRENS OF NEW JERSEY. BY C. F. SAUNDERS. Lying between the New Jersey Southern Railroad and...

Folks: The account below will interest both the naturalists and the historians among us, so please enjoy the read! Extracted from: The Friend. A Religious and Literary Journal. Volume LVIII, No. 50 (Seventh-Day, Seventh Month 18, 1885, p. 395) BOTANIZING AT ATSION. About the...

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Folks: I recently came across this undated and unattributed newspaper clipping about Upper Mill. Since the piece mentions Route S-40, the article has to date to before 1953 and the Grand Renumbering route scheme undertaken by the State Highway Department. I think it was probably published in...

Folks: I know I posted the first view before, but I recently acquired a companion card, so I thought you would be interested in seeing the two post cards together: My wish for you all is the Merriest Christmas and the Happiest New Year ever! Best regards, Jerseyman