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    Name that bird

    I took a ride with my mom, Jessica, and my brother to Bridgeport NJ to visit the cemetery where many of my family are located, and was confronted with a bird that was sitting on eggs on the ground in the middle of the cemetery. Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? Sorry about the blurry...
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    An airport on Chew road????

    All, I noticed an interesting thing on a program that I use that downloads maps from terraserver. When I zoom in on the Chew road area where the tracks cross the road, everything looks normal. But when I zoom out it displays the word Rusnak with the number 65 next to it, and it shows an airport...
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    Atsion Catholic Cemetery revisited, and other places....

    All, I revisited the Catholic Cemetery in the state park at Atsion today, but don't tell anyone because we slipped in around the gate. http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/3202004/IMG_3187.jpg From there we visited the location of where the Mexican man's body was found stabbed off of...
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    Finds near Atsion

    A member of this site gave me directions on how to access this without going on private property. I appreciate the info. It is located in the very back of property leased to DeMarco off of 206 near Atsion. http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/3132004/IMG_3137.jpg This next one was...
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    Cell Towers and Communications

    All, I was told today that one of the new cell phone towers will be erected on the property of the Lebanon Lakes fire company off of 70 in Lebanon Lakes. In return they will receive $1500 a month in compensation. Steve mentioned to me that at or near Spring Hill there was some sort of...
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    Dead body near Chew Road

    Jessica and I have been wandering around in the Chew Road area the past few weeks, and tonight my wife saw this article. Sorry I don't have a link or even where it was from, but I believe it was also in todays Courier Post. Guy Officials seek to identify man found dead in Pinelands...
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    Promoting preservation of Pinelands' hidden peaks

    http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/8131380.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 08, 2004 A new trail is the latest effort to save land around the mountains. By Jacqueline L. Urgo Inquirer Staff Writer WARETOWN, N.J. - There really are mountains in South Jersey. You just can't see them...
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    A nice afternoon of searching

    All, Since the weather improved this afternoon, Jes and I as usual went searching. I had been tipped off by a member of this site on the location of a 1x1 granite marker off of Chew Road. And as usual I left home without the coordinates and map, but was able to find it easily with the given...
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    New Look

    Ben, Glad to see the site back up, I was getting withdraw. I am now for some reason able to access the site with Safari where I could not before. The banners changing is nice, and I see you still have the Buckingham photo in there, or at least one that looks like it. Glad to see that one...
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    A lazy quiet morning driving and exploring

    Jessica and I headed out this morning to search for a few things that I was informed of by members of this site. The first place we went was mentioned to me by Ken (KenDawg) and I found it easily with his coordinates. http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/2282004/IMG_3120.jpg After leaving...
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    Old stone and newer property markers at Friendship Bogs

    All, Almost two years ago I was given a tip by Ed on the location of a marker at Friendship Bogs which I acted on. It was a basic cement marker with a metal piece attached to it, and appropriate characters stamped into it. Since then I have been meaning to go back to search for more, which...
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    Chalk

    Since we have had discussions on chalk and the damage it can do, I was wondering what damage this amount of chalk will do to sidewalks? Some people are really talented! http://www.kurtwenner.com/gallery.htm Guy
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    Mount Korbar?

    All, Jessica and I spent an early morning driving to Union Clay Works to pick up the one section of pipe that Bob noticed a few weeks back that may have writing engraved on it. I have not decided as of yet what is on the pipe, but will be checking it out. We then visited the cellar hole and...
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    Ebay Item

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3701850759&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 This is an interesting item, which has been on sale before. But what really interests me is that it mentions that Atsion is partially in Burlington and Gloucester County. The only counties near...
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    Enthusiasts Site has changed

    Have you noticed the Enthusiast site has changed, and they have removed the forums? Guy
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    Another Large JCRR Bridge!

    All, After our trip last week with Ben, I came home and was looking over the tracks from my GPS, and noticed there was what appeared to be an interesting place that I had never visited before. I don't spend much time in the woods west of 206 in the Hammonton area, so I had never come across...
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    Maps of Harleigh Cemetery in Camden

    All, I promised in a post a while back to search my records for the maps from Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, that show the locations of the grave stones of Henry Beck and Arthur Pierce. Tonight I found them while going through my photo's, and I have uploaded them to the "Various" folder in my...
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    Burlco keen on creating trail

    http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m012204e.htm Burlco keen on creating trail Thursday, January 22, 2004 13-mile path would wind through abandoned rail route By CAROL COMEGNO Courier-Post Staff MOUNT HOLLY Hikers and bikers may have a new trail to explore...
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    Small Coyle Field tidbit.

    All, I have always wanted to learn more on the origins of Coyle Field, so while surfing the web tonight I came up with a few small tidbits. Apparently Coyle Field was originally built as an airstrip for fighting forest fires, but during WW2 it was leased to the US Navy to relieve...
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    Ruins, and Terra Cotta Pipe.

    All, In December Ben, Laura, Bob, Jessica, and I, did some exploring near Whiting. Bob had an amazing map that showed the location of "ruins" throughout the area we were in. We traveled to one of the locations on the top of a small hill, and found the remains of what possibly was a gun club...
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