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Guy: Do you think I should write to Tom directly and ask him to insert the map detail? Would that be easier than have you searching for it? Let me know your thoughts. Best regards, Jerseyman

Bob: I like your sense of humor! The misspelling of Juliustown on the Finley and the Tanner maps may be simple errors on the part of the cartographer or the engraver. It is also entirely possible, however, that these incorrect spellings represent purposeful mistakes to protect the map’s...

Ben: From my recollection, the briers are so bad out there that even the British Army would not have gotten through: :mrgreen: Best regards, Jerseyman

Guy: Thanks for posting Tom’s survey map—I thought perhaps you had a copy of it! If possible, could you post a close-up view of just the immediate area around Mary Ann? It would be good to let folks see how the surveyors handled the forge site in 1861. Best regards, Jerseyman

Mary Ann Forge The Mary Ann Forge has always been somewhat enigmatic for those who enjoy poking around the more obscure locations in the Pine Barrens. While many of you have read what Charles Boyer wrote about this location, for those who have not, I quote what he wrote about Mary Ann from...

Bachman’s Ivory: I have had three article published in Northeast Archaeology over the past ten or twelve years and it is a good journal. I am not a member of MAAC, but I would be sure to acquire a copy of the journal issue that contain her article. I will not be attending the ASNJ meeting...

Spungman: Although I have not had the opportunity to read the paper, nor have I been privy to the new analysis of the Contact-Period artifacts collected, I suspect that at least a few of the material culture items that Cross collected may extend back further in time than just the New Sweden...

Bill and Al: I tried once before to research this concrete structure without any verifiable results. I can tell you, however, that it is most definitely NOT a railroad station. My prior research suggests the original owners constructed this building to be a cannery, for which the railroad...

Bog: There are so many different details between the Baldwin catalog photograph that you found and the locomotive that Turtle posted. I do not have time to enumerate all of these differences, so I will name just a few: The recessed cylinder heads versus the solid plate cylinder head on the...

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No problem, Turtle. I thought Trailhead had posted the image, but it does not matter. I really wish I could positively identify this photograph, but its subject and location has eluded me for many years. Someday, when I have nothing else to do (yeah, right!), perhaps I will be able to deduce...

Trailhead: I am not certain why you have labeled the photograph displayed in this thread as “Atsion train picture.” Is it because you think the photographer snapped the image at Atsion or is it because you think the locomotive is named “Atsion?” I can tell you that this photograph...

Folks: I am still in recovery mode from a busy and, at times, grueling day yesterday, but I was certainly happy to greet old friends from these forums and to meet some new ones!! For those who didn’t make it to Lines, I sure hope you will reconsider for next year, when the theme will be...

The Wing Thing Wing Ding Friends, Roamers, and Countrymen: It is always a rare privilege to spend time with folks from the forums! Meeting Bill for the first time was a genuine thrill. A quiet and unassuming man, you would never know by making his acquaintance that he is someone who has...

Folks: We are only a few days away from the annual “Lines on the Pines” event and I would urge all of you to come to Egg Harbor City and enjoy the exhibits, conversations with the authors and artists, and meeting and mingling with like-minded Pine Barrens devotees!! Come out and enjoy—there...

Jeff: Interesting that you should mention the Schiess family. During the nineteenth century, a George Schiess operated a hotel in Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County, where Fork Landing Road and Branch Pike converge. The building is gone now, replaced by a 1920s-era bungalow, but while...

Jeff: See the post from Spungman in this thread for information on the author. I sat here this afternoon and sang this ballad to myself using a tune somewhat similar to the theme of “Gilligan’s Island” and it seemed to work fairly well (trust me—I made sure no one else was around!!!!). I also...

Turtle: Congratulations! I see you passed the test for your poetic license renewal! :) :) :) Best regards, Jerseyman

It is likely the Jerseyman will be “in da house” Monday night!!! :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:

Folks: In looking for some other prose, I came across this fine Pine Barrens ballad written in 1916 and thought I would share it with you. In some ways, it reads like a modern-day country-and-western song, but I think you will enjoy the localisms contained within it. THE BUNTY* SHOE (A...