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  1. Scroggy

    Safety tips from the past

    Unearthed while researching something entirely different. From the Mount Holly News of May 28, 1912: Mr. Bowker had reached the ripe old age of 19 at the time, but there may have been more in play regarding his casual attitude towards the flammable. The News of August 31, 1915 reported that...
  2. Scroggy

    The Prince of Chatsworth

    I think most of us are familiar with the story of the Ruspolis and the rise and fall of the Chatsworth Park Company and the Chatsworth Club, as recounted by Beck and McPhee. However, on carefully examining some of the scraps of evidence, there are parts of the story that are a little more...
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    Flat spots in the valleys

    While poring over Boyd's excellent maps, I noticed something I don't quite know how to interpret. Looking, at, say, the Mullica watershed above Batsto, LIDAR shows that the terrain is entirely filled with braided channels. However, on the lower Mechseatauxin below Wescoat Bogs, the braiding...
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