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Ted and Gabe: For my convenience and as a time-saving measure, I left off all of Doc’s end notes from my original posting, including the one Ted cites above. Gabe, if you need to know all of those end note references, feel free to email or PM me. Likewise, I have a complete set of the SGO...

Let the Dog Wars begin! :rolleyes: Jerseyman

Gabe: I am not sure when Ted will return to view the forum, so if you do not mind a response from me, I will quote from the same source that Ted would likely use: In his work, Sign Posts, Doc Bisbee notes: ROBERTS BRANCH. A branch of Batsto River which rises on eastern border of Tabernacle...

Welcome back, my friend—you have been sorely missed here! Best regards, Jerseyman

Mudpie: Welcome to the forums! I cannot tell you where Flash obtained the photographs of the Woodmansie/Bullock school and post office, but I can tell you that he derived the photograph of the narrow-gauge locomotive and the Giberson house in Mount Misery from Henry Beck’s original 1936 edition...

Folks: Here is the story behind the map: http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20111208/NEWS02/312080019/ Best regards, Jerseyman

Eric: I will be ordering your book today. Considering my own work on the Torrey family, Manchester/Lakehurst, the early history there, and the railroad, I will be interested to see what you have prepared. As somewhat indicated in my previous posting to you, I have also done extensive work on...

Guy: If you look closely at the title block for the LOC map, you will see it DOES say 1858. I checked the 1833 Gordon and the 1849 Otley and Whiteford and the watering hole does not appear on either map. Best regards, Jerseyman

46er: The only protection offered through being listed on the National Register of Historic Places is against a government entity taking the building and demolishing it without due process. For a private owner, the National Register is simply a source of pride and a new owner could purchase the...

Guy: The map available on the Library of Congress website and Historic Mapworks website is the preliminary 1858 edition of the map that Parry, Sykes & Earl produced in the finished edition in 1859. While the one available digitally is vertical, the finished edition displays horizontally. Many...

Dogg57: As noted in the newspaper article you so kindly provided, the Wilson Line steamer CITY of CAMDEN carried the dignitaries to the new Trenton Municipal Marine Terminal, a facility constructed under the aegis of the South Jersey Port Commission. The Wilson Line had the CITY of CAMDEN...

ericsanjuan: Welcome to the forums! I’m sure you will find much to like here. I hope you don’t mind a gentle correction, but the terms dirigible and blimp are not interchangeable. A dirigible is a rigid airship, meaning it has a complete set of frames, into which are hung large gasbags. A...

On the roof of the building to the left of Lamberton Street, the lettering reads “Bottling Department.” The lettering on the wall of the main plant reads “Trenton Hygeia Ice Company,” which is the first plant to occupy this corner. Best regards, Jerseyman

Geez, Gibby—I am certainly glad you mentioned the picket fence! I quickly realized that I had scanned the wrong brewery off the page. Take another look at my message above and you will see the correct brewing facility now depicted. Best regards, Jerseyman

MuckSavage: We have discussed “Trap Streets” on the forums before. Please check these two threads: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/bombing-range-road.7155/#post-84504 and http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/mary-ann-forge.6335/#post-75765 Best regards, Jerseyman

MuckSavage: Trap streets are fictitious streets that map publishers place in their maps in an effort to “trap” copyright infringement. Type “Trap Street” into Google and you will find numerous articles on the subject. Best regards, Jerseyman

Gibby: While I am not attempting a hostile takeover of this thread, the mentions of the Champale plant, which I passed everyday back in the 1970s when I worked in Trenton, led me to scan this image from 1900: The “old Hog Island” cranes, as you call them, date to the construction of the...

I think Google inserts these planes in their imagery in the same way map publishers insert “trap streets.” Here is the best plane I have found to-date: Go to 40.005922,-75.005639 and then zoom all the way in to see the shimmering plane. Very close to home, too! Best regards, Jerseyman

46er: While you are correct that Thanksgiving did not become an official national holiday until Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 presidential proclamation, most states did set aside a day during the fall—with each state announcing its own date—for a Thanksgiving celebration. During the American War for...

David: If you are friends with Lord Whimsy, what more do you need? This bon vivant and raconteur of nature and the realm of man will always be the Affect Provincial! He is such a magnificent idler. Please offer his Lordship my humble and kind regards! Best regards, Jerseyman