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I would bet that is a new bottle blown down in Wheaton Village. They will occasionally produce a run of bottles if they are commissioned to do so. About 10 years ago, the National Federation of Bottle Collectors had their annual show in Cherry Hill and that organization had Wheaton blow a few...

I shot at a landscape once but it got away. I heard they're kinda gamey unless you field dress them right away!

As of Friday afternoon (2:30) the plane is still sitting in the field near downtown Tabernacle. It doesn't look damaged but may be a little stuck in the mud. It's in one of Russo's fields across from the Catholic Church. Small plane. Rich

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I understand the cranberry farmer out there is building a house for one of his children. A guy who knows him said the project was held up for a year. He may have said there was an existing house/foundation on the site but when they were excavating or re-excavating the foundation they came...

I'm not sure about the exact location, but I want to say it was on Haines' property at Hog Wallow not Demarco's land which was further up the road above Speedwell. When I was a kid we used to go down to Tuckerton every weekend. Sometimes my mom would drive us down early and my dad would come...

They haven't pumped water out of the Oswego for years, however, it wouldn't surprise me that water is diverted from around Lake Oswego to flood some of Haines Bogs. They normally wouldn't flood them until later in the year though. I only paddled down from Oswego Lake to Harrisville once in the...

I spoke with a person today whose family has been in the cranberry business for generations. He seems to recall it working through the 60's and possibly into the 70's. Apparently it was a success in getting water to those bogs. It is my understanding that the Cutts family sold the land where...

That Atlas is very good. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of South Jersey. There's much more in it than just great maps. I know they printed a bunch but I'm a little surprised that they haven't run out of them yet. They were available for at least the last 2 or 3...

I'm really not too familiar with the site, however, isn't it true that every forge and furnace needed a pond to power it? Mary Ann must have had a dam and pond large enough to power the bellows at the time it was processing iron. It shouldn't really be much of a surprise to see the pond...

Much of the history of Hampton seems very sketchy to me. One account suggests that the furnace was built in one month during 1795. Kinda hard to believe. After Richards bought the place, it was supposedly disassembled and hauled to Dover. Then Richards is supposed to have had the place in...

The Cutts family built that "pump" on the Oswego to get water to their nearby bogs years ago. When you visit the area you will see the canal that leads off into the woods. I always thought that they had their most extensive bogs on Beaver Run just past Harrisville but those ones that you can...

I'm against Bigfoot sightings. Rich

The Indian Mills Historical Society sponsored an Atsion Day flea market for years. I thought some of the money was intended to help with further restoration of the Mansion at Atsion. At first, the event was held in the field near the mansion, then across the street at the recreation area. A...

I saw the inside of the mansion about 5 years ago. It really is quite spectacular. Huge double doors that would open up much of the first floor and make one huge space for entertaining. Apparently Richards like to throw some extravagant parties in the pines. I recall that at least a few of...

I have occasionally read that there was a saw mill at Friendship (the one near Sandy Ridge). I just assumed that they gots their facts wrong as there was a saw mill at the Friendship in Tabernacle where the girl scout camp is. I guess there is no reason that a portable one couldn't have been...

Does anyone have a notion as to the time frames that these "portable saw mills" would have been in action? I always kinda thought they were probably early 20th century. At how early a date was concrete used? I also imagined these were probably deisel powered and not steam (this is just a...

1852 sounded like a very late date for an iron furnace to still be operating in the pines so I checked. One source I said that Martha ceased operations in 1844. Certainly there were families that stayed in the area after the furnace went out of blast for good but it couldn't have been a very...

I coached the Cross Country team for years at Shawnee before moving over to Seneca. We used to do our hill workouts right on Stokes Road. Its quite a challenging run from the stream between the two YMCA camps up to the top of the hill with the fire tower. 3 or 4 good runs up that hill and you...

I grew up at Taunton Lake in Medford. 100 years ago, the area was all cranberry bogs. There were so many dirt roads all through the woods when I was a kid that went out to bogs and reservoirs. In my lifetime the woods (and new houses) have reclaimed so much. As you say, some roads never...