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I am guessing that it has something to do with the County Poor House and Assylum that was at Lakeland prior to the division of said counties. As the facility expanded it was probably necessary for Camden to acquire additional land from its neighbor.

Guy, Clearly those stones do not date to the founding of Fruitland in 1866. Were they placed there when the State purchased Wharton? I ask because I was wondering why NJ would survey that tract within the greater Wharton tract. I think I am missing something. Thanks, Rich

I am pretty sure that Hammonton House that is referred to in the ad was not at Dutchtown as other contemporary ads place it on the Camden - Atlantic City R.R. line (presumably in town). It burned down in 1881.

I am pretty sure I have some of the title chain for that parcel. Hannah D. Matlack acquired the tract from Lloyd W. Bickley in August 1870. The property contained 1000 acres excepting about 122 acres of cedar lots. She paid $10 per acre. Apparently Ms. Matlack divided the land into 10 lots...

Apparently it should have been called DeutschTown! I should note that the cranberry bogs in that part of Atlantic County were built around 1870. These cranberry companies were "stock" companies that were established during the cranberry craze that gripped South Jersey beginning at the end of...

After I looked at the Beers map that Don posted, Middle Road seems to be just that. The middle road when Hammonton was mapped out Doesn't look like it ever corresponded to Rt 206.

I am not exactly sure what to make of this. Perhaps the land did belong to the Hammonton Company at one time. The building show up on the 1931 aerials so maybe they predate the 1929 Colasordo sale.

Perhaps the road was named for the Middle Branch of Great Swamp that it crosses. It is hard to tell if Middle Branch is the stream now called Cedar Brook or a smaller tributary between Cedar Brook and the main branch. Sorry for the quality of the image.

I have seen an old map (1938 but redrawn from a 1906 map) which identifies that house as the "Hammonton House". Presumably it was associated with the Hammonton Cranberry Company that had the adjacent bogs that straddled both sides of 206. The same map shows only two structures in Dutchtown...

Yes, across the stream that drains "Blue Lake" there was another cranberry house that was used by the "Cranberry House School". I too remember its fiery demise.

That photo is of the iron master's house that was located between the "hotel" and the Taunton dam. It was torn down in the 1950's. The ice house from that era still remains. The "hotel" was (contrary to some accounts) probably built in the 1850's but only served in the function for a short...

Very interesting. For years I have been hoping to do a similar investigation of that area. I think I once read that Rider's Switch was built on the site of an earlier station called Hampton that was discontinued. I always questioned this because some maps seem to show Hampton on the other...

I visited Calico again this spring and took this looking up through the cedars along Beaver Run. Just came across it and liked it so I thought I'd post.

The Le Munyon Place would be just outside the old Martha Furnace tract and the homestead seems to have been built in the heyday of iron at Martha. Perhaps you are on to something Spung-Man.

Deeds show that “Munion Field” was an incorrect description of the “Le Munyon Place” or “Le Munyon Homestead” on the Oswego Road that was in existence more than 200 years ago. An 1801 survey of a neighboring property refers to Le Munyon Place and another 1807 survey of adjacent land mentions a...

I thought a watering hole was a bar or saloon and was derived from a place where wild animals would go to drink. Never though of Atsion Lake as a "watering hole".

tail end of a buried arrow?

An 1891 article in the Trenton Evening Times describes a harrowing encounter that brothers John and William Kell had with four wild hogs while they were hunting near Hampton Gate. Perhaps Charles was the son of one of these men or maybe he was their nephew.

Sweetwater means freshwater and presumably it was far enough up the Mullica River for early sailors to refill their stores. There are other places throughout the country named Sweetwater too.

Yes. I believe that E.T. Thompson was the son of Arthur Thompson who was the long-time inn-keeper at Quaker Bridge. He also had interest in several cranberry bogs in the vicinity of Naylor's Corner (Oriental).