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You must have walked right around the ruins of the Highland Park Field and Stream Club that was right on the rise to the NW of the lake. I was there a few months ago and the jacket was hanging from the tree even then. You can clearly see the outline of the foundation, the poured concrete front...

I harvested a buck last year that could be this one's twin. I was very excited (as most hunters I know would be). While it is not one for the record books, it would certainly get most hunters heart beating a little faster if they saw it strolling up to their stand. Very few people I know...

I took the kids out (by boat) to the creeks around Tuckerton twice last month. Two dozen the first time and slightly less the last time. Its great - tie some bait on, have a beer and let the kids do the rest. The best part is that they don't really like to eat them that much! Oh, and a...

Albert (Andy) Andrews, the last farmer to own Friendship, was forced to sell as a result of the "cranberry scare" of 1959. Just before Thanksgiving, the Secretary of Health announced that chemicals used in cranberry farming were cancer causing. The affair was way overblown (in fact the...

Just a thought - Scott's Atlas of Burlington County (1876) show a S. Still Hr. (Heirs?) residence and a G. Thompson residence at the same intersection in Shamong Township. This is the current Stokes Road/Grassy Lake intersection that is probably 1-2 miles from "downtown" Indian Mills. By this...

Guy, I never thought you meant that. My post was poorly worded. I meant only that there must have been something of interest there before the blueberries. Sorry. Rich

Guy, I'm pretty sure I'm right about this one. Recent government lists of South Jersey Farms indicate that the mailing address of the Dutchtown Farms is in the vicinity of the Miller farm in Indian Mills. Just to be sure, I drove out there this morning. My memory wasn't as bad as I...

I think that the only "dwellings" at West Jersey Bogs now are trailers that serve to house the seasonal labor. I am just guessing that the place was not very busy outside of the growing/harvesting season. Perhaps there were a couple of year long residents there to keep an eye on things but...

Clearly there wern't cultivated blueberry fields there in 1876. I wonder what was there back then?

I believe that the Miller Bogs you are talking about are the Dutchtown Bogs. Once you cross into Atlantic County heading south on 206, you will see a fairly well maintained road on your left (about 1 mile before Rockwood). Some maps show it as Park Ave. Along this road you will see the house...

I wish I had more info on that. I remember someone (probably you) posting about those bogs being in their back yard. Hinchman's bogs went from Centennial Lake (named because they were built in 1876 or because the Centennial variety of cranberry was planted there?) through Taunton, Lake Pine...

Wow! I never would have guessed there was anything left. Great work Guy.

The little store used to be called Rips. It closed down around the time that the Cumberland Farms went up. We used to call the gas station "Bob's" beacuse that was the owner's name. I think the service station that is there is called Mayer's now. In Bob's there was one of those old Coca-Cola...

I grew up across the lake from the mansion at Taunton. We always called it to Larsen Mansion as it was owned by that family since the 20's when the heirs of Joseph Hinchman (early cranberry pioneer) sold the tract to investors who began subdividing and selling off lots to people who wanted to...

A week or so ago I posted in another forum asking about children's books set in the pines. There is a brief review there. I read Shadow in the Pines about a year ago and just got a copy for myself. I am in the process of reading it again. It is probably written for middle school kids, but I...

Shadow in the Pines There is great old adventure book set in the Jersey pines that was written in 1942 by Stephen Meader. A review: "This swift-paced story of advanture in World War II, set in the New Jersey pine barrens back of the Fort Dix reservation, is perhaps the finest of Stephen...

That windmill (turbine) is really cool. Evans & Will (owners of Friendship) had tried to use a windmill to draw water from a small stream that ran through their Medford property. Reports called the effort a "failure".

My son got his first deer last Tuesday morning during the 6 day firearm season. It was a small 3 point buck and I couldn't be more proud of him. Really good father-son stuff. I'm still smiling.

These maps are from Scott's 1876 Atlas of Burlington County. I am very fortunate that my mom and dad got an original atlas years ago. Unlike the repros, the originals have colored details and edges. It is filled with beautiful maps of most townships in Burlington County. I believe Bass...

Largo, I think you're right about those towers being easily seen toward the west from Dutchtown/Atsion. And they look alot closer than they really are.