Search results

  1. R

    History Short of the Varnum Family of Atco

    Jessica: I'm not sure how you can follow the Varnum Family tree if you are not a direct descendent going back to the 1600's. In the first 7 generations, my direct Great Grandfathers had 10 to 12 kids each. One had 15. You can see the family tree grew quite large, quite fast, and with different...
  2. R

    History Short of the Varnum Family of Atco

    Jessica. Can you give me a little more info to your connection to Farnham, Farnam, or Varnum There are Ralphs in the first five genrrations, I split off at the fourth Ralph. It was the third Ralph (Farnum) who was involved with in the Salem Witch Trials (DOB: 6/1/1662 Andover MA,; DOD...
  3. R

    Lake Pine Memories ..

    I found this on the Web. 'Historically this site was the home of the Pinewood Restaurant which close in the 1970's. Beginning in 1978 the site operated as Beau Rivage"
  4. R

    While We Were Sleeping, Very Bad Things Happened

    If I remember correctly, as I walked down that road with the two spungs, there were nice heavy duty wooden barriers in front of them. If the State wanted to close off that road in question, I would think a similar barrier would have been placed at the foot of that road.
  5. R

    Courier Post Odd Website

    I noticed that the sites for Times Herald and the Courier-Post has the same format. They are both owned by Gannett, as they own many other newspapers.
  6. R

    Fire in Wharton

    See 2015 DEP Map for 5 Mile Crossing, which you known it as California Branch Road. So, it makes sense that the road crosses California Branch.
  7. R

    Fire in Wharton

    I would guess that the blue dash line is California Branch. It appears to be within the original fire area. Does anyone have another name for it? The red line is 5 Mile Crossing. It’s been noted by the FFS. It runs between Old Atsion Rd and Raritan Ave.
  8. R

    Anybody know what made these footprints?

    If you google 'Aminal tracks in the snow with tail drag', you will find some good possibilities. I say it could be a muskrat or opossum.
  9. R

    Stone Searching Fall & Winter 2024/2025

    Both of you discussed this hill back in February 2023. Guy, you showed the deed on post 16. You are looking for a post, not a stone. There suppose to be one in Roberts Branch too. https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/apple-pie-hill-tower-open-saturday.14345/#post-173503
  10. R

    A Year in the Pines, recap- 2024

    Just Speculation. I have a hunch that the sandstone excavated from the mining site that I had visited was transportd by wagon to the site of the Harrsville Paper Mill. As the crow flies, the distance between the two is less than four miles. I can not find on the internet where the sandstone was...
  11. R

    A Year in the Pines, recap- 2024

    Bob; you are right. I thought I read that fives years ago on the subject of mycorrhiza. But I might have read that Arethusa settles in poor to moderate sphagnum dominated habitats rather than typical open bog habitat.
  12. R

    A Year in the Pines, recap- 2024

    Another tidbit of information I had read about Arethusa (same as for other orchids) it needs a 'jump start' to share nutrients from other plants in this case sphagnum moss to help to produce a flower. This process is called 'mycorrhizae' through a network of fungi which connects roots of...
  13. R

    A Year in the Pines, recap- 2024

    Why did we find three white Arethusa while finding many in the their nornal color. Plants produce anthocyanins, a water-soluble pigments of deep red, purple, and blue. Flowers that are white cannot produce anthocyanins, likely caused by recessive genetic mutations; a change in the DNA sequence...
  14. R

    A Year in the Pines, recap- 2024

    It’s been a good year, so I’d like to go over some high points. Back in 2023, while Bob was conducting surveys on known Swamp Pink locations, I told him of an area that had good potential for finding Swamp Pinks based on its habitat; a slow moving, defined pure clean stream meandering under the...
  15. R

    This Tick

    My guess is Turkey beard.
  16. R

    FAA Tower Area

    My guess is southwest. Why would you want to ask that?
  17. R

    Ticks & Chiggers--a study

    Drought can reduce tick population through desication. Per what I read. Yes, drought is good when it comes to ticks.
  18. R

    Berlin Peak

    The only fact I can say is that the springs of water that comes to the surface in this area finds its way to the Delaware River from the western slope by way of Timber Creek, Cooper River, and Rancocas River, and on the eastern slope the Great Egg Harbor River and Mullica River and their...
  19. R

    Where is this?

    I one I mentioned to Guy is not on East Stokes, but nearby.
  20. R

    Where is this?

    I also have the photo of the sign in Guy's post; with the same rust spot. My photo was taken in September 2017. And I'm sure that is on a main highway that passes through the Pines. I know of one other sign, but I don't have a photo. That one is on a main 'piney' road. It may be the one on...
Top