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According to some pamphlets I have, there is Willow Oak in the Atlantic County Park at Estell Manor. (That's where the Estellville Glassworks ruins are located.) Personally I've never seen any Willow Oak anywhere, and I'm wondering if anyone that reads this board HAS seen any. Thanks, Barry

Don't forget the Nature and Ecosystem Forum, here at Pine Barrens Enthusiasts. I enjoy posting on it, but it seems to be forgotten by most people. (The hit counters tell a lot. It's interesting to see how many hits each post receives, or doesn't receive.)

I've been working on a nature trail in our back woods. I started it on Sunday 2/17. It zigzags a lot, but basically stays in the same direction the whole way. I made the trail because without it, it would be impossible to walk around in our back woods because of all the Scrub Oak back there. The...

This is interesting. On the property of the "Pines" golf course at the Marriott Seaview in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, where I work, there at least 7 species of Oak, besides all the Pitch Pine. We've got White Oak, Post Oak, Chestnut Oak, Blackjack Oak and Spanish Oak. Then there is one...

In 1984 we did not yet live here, outside of Egg Harbor City. We were still living up in western Morris County, near Warren, Hunterdon and Sussex Counties. I came down to my grandparents' house in Barnegat for a weekend, by myself that year. I had been somewhat familiar with the Pine Barrens...

The Gloucester Furnace site is located within Egg Harbor City. But Egg Harbor is 99% woods, north of the lake. The city limits even include the site of Clark's Landing. But anyway, on Sunday 3/24 I visited the Gloucester Furnace site for the first time, even though I've lived only 5-10 minutes...

Some time ago a friend of mine lent me his copy of the Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey, Number 48, 1993. I photocopied a great article out of it, for future reference, (since he wouldn't let me keep it. LOL) It tells the complete known history of our bog iron...

Recently I found that one of my USGS Survey maps shows a graveyard on the right side of 536, Chew Road, over the county line in Camden County. I went to go see it today and found that it's on some private property. The map shows it on a dirt road in an open field. Well the dirt road appears to...

Today I found what I'm almost certain is the Ellis Adams farmhouse site. Ever since I bought the book, Heart of the Pines, the location of the site has been right under my nose. John Pearce, in the chapter about Martha shows a small portion of the USGS Survey map that covers Martha and vicinity...

I live just a few miles from the site of Amatol. There used to be a historical marker (sign) for it, somewhere along Moss Mill Road (Mullica Township, Atlantic County). I have a picture of the marker, but it has since been stolen. Is there anyone here who has found any foundations, or railroad...

I was showing my dad the Sibble Shaler grave, behind Egg Harbor City Lake. (after I took him to see Nash's cabin, near Calico) On the edge of the woods, right near the grave there are some tall (relatively speaking) pine trees. The tree SORT OF resembles Pitch Pine, but not really. And it's...

I compiled this list from all the ones I own, plus all the ones I'm looking for. There are 47 books and booklets listed here and there are more that are NOT listed. Hope this is helpful to some. 1. Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey, by Henry Charlton Beck 2. More Forgotten Towns of Southern...

I've been talking about this for a couple weeks on my online club on Yahoo. Here's the final announcement for the trip. All are invited. Hopefully everyone won't have to drive his/her vehicle for the whole trip. Anyway, here's the text of the announcement: Alright. I've decided on how the trip...

Does anyone know where these two are buried? Fred Brown was one of the people that John McPhee talked to, when he wrote his book, The Pine Barrens. And of course Pierce wrote Iron in the Pines and a couple others. We know about Beck's place of burial (Camden), and now I'd like to know about...

Does anyone have any theories as to why there are always so many Turkey Vultures congregating on top of the Egg Harbor City water tower? Someone commented to me about it and I didn't have an answer and hadn't noticed it before, but now I take notice when I drive up Philadelphia Avenue. There are...

This fall I took a lot of pictures of Pine Barren Heather, Hudsonia ericoides. The last place I saw it was on the road that runs past the Batsto Lake and dumps onto the Quaker Bridge Road, just east of the the bridge. Along that road I found some Pine Barren Heather that was knee-high and I took...

I'm wondering if anyone who reads this board has ever found the locations/remains of some of the less famous iron furnaces, such as the Gloucester Furnace, Ætna Furnace, the furnace at Cumberland, and some others I can't think of at the moment. The Gloucester Furnace was somewhere in the woods...

Does anyone know when, and by whom, the buildings were burned in Friendship? I think Maryanne Thompson told me once, but I wasn't listening carefully enough to remember now. That was a couple years ago. I'm very curious what happened to the town. The book, Heart of the Pines, simply says it was...