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Kevin and Mark: While Spungman could answer this question much better than me, I will take a stab at it. The basis of what we call “ironstone” is sandstone. According to James A. Audley, writing in his 1921 work, Silica and the Silicates (sounds like a great name for a “rock” group!!)...

Folks: If you will, please invoke your imagination and take a trip with John Watson through the Pines to the coast in the early 1820s. A Trip to Long beach Seashore, 1823. The country from Evesham down to Tuckerton has all the appearance of its original wildness—few houses or...

Ed: Where Carranza Road leaves Route 206 at Oakshade, its official name is “Red Lion Road” until you arrive in the center of Tabernacle. Continuing south out of Tabernacle, the official name for Carranza Road is “Hampton Gate Road.” Best regards, Jerseyman

Jeff: Thanks for keeping a sharp eye on the Pines’ cultural resources! John King first opened his Half Moon Tavern at this location at the turn of the nineteenth century. The small community that sprang up around the tavern reportedly first carried the name Flyatem, but the locals supposedly...

Mark and Guy: Based on the photographs—and particularly the first one—it appears the power source, probably steam or perhaps a gasoline engine, sat down in the lower portion of the structure and the drive belt came up through the relatively narrow opening aligned with the one side of the...

Jim: Looks like you enjoyed another great foray into the Pines; thanks for sharing! It is unfortunate, but my indepth research on Jacob’s Chapel and Colemantown refutes much of what appears on the cast marker in your first photo, so do not take the text there for gospel. Best regards...

Turtle: The former Marlton Baptist Church still sits adjacent to Main Street, although the edifice now belongs to another denomination/congregation. In addition, the Methodist Episcopal Church once stood at 43 East Main Street until the congregants constructed the new one off Plymouth Drive...

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :bang: [wall made from Somers Brick Company bricks] Best regards, Jerseyman

Mark: A great trip and a very nice report! Starting with your last photograph, I noted that very same canoe within the last week or so on a trip through Medford to Shamong—it is a right and lasting memorial to the floodwaters that swept through the region now almost five years ago. Wow—Tempus...

PINEY MIKE: While I did state we now know what many of those sawmill operators were doing out in the Pines, I used the term “Pines” in the generic sense and meant not to imply the mills were processing pinewood. While that is a possibility, I think it much more likely the cordwood producers...

George: You may highjack when ready, Gridley! By all means you may take this thread as far as you wish, based on the direction you are already heading! Reflecting on our recent email exchange, I can see the wheels spinning in your head and I fully support your contention that these sites...

Guy: Be careful what you say; you may just have to change your tune soon! George?!?!? :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: Best regards, Jerseyman

Spungman: No, sawmills are not necessarily involved, but, as the article states, if woodsmen are shipping thousands of cords out of state, that suggest a very high level of production, and the economy of scale offered through the use of a sawmill would not be lost on those processing the...

A short notice appeared on page 1 of the 9 May 1892 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer: South Jersey is shipping thousands of cords of wood to glass factories and brick plants in other States. Now you know what many of those sawmill operators were doing out in the Pines! Best regards...

Spungman: Socially restrictive covenants of such an exclusivity nature are common from about the 1920s on. Prior to that time, restrictive covenants usually referred to dispensing spirituous liquors and refraining from certain industrial activities. However, the rise of eugenics and social...

George: I am SO GRATEFUL you said that!!! Rock on, brother, rock on! Best regards, Jerseyman

Grendel: Where abouts are you in Stafford? I am currently working on two archaeological investigations in Stafford County: a Phase I at Leeland Station and a Phase II at Brooke Station. There is some fascinating history down there! Best regards, Jerseyman

I put some fresh gas in the tank, shook the equipment a wee bit, pumped the primer about nine times and the snowblower fired right up on the first push of the start button—just like I had started it yesterday instead of last year. I was absolutely amazed! Best regards, Jerseyman

From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9 January 1898, page 6 FOLLOWING HOUNDS IN THE JERSEY WILDS Down Around Waterford the Fox Hunting Fad Now Prevails THE RABBITS ARE GLAD “Bunny” Has a Rest While Villagers on “Old Dobbin” Try to Catch Sly Reynard—The Radnor Hunt Outdone. Special to...

Michael: I saw the reference to the other stamped identifiers on the bricks and I think the person who wrote that caption is simply incorrect. Bricks stamped “S&F Co.” and “S&FB Co.” have always been products of the firm of Sayre & Fisher, one of the mega brick producers along the Raritan...