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Jason, I am enjoying the photos very much. Many are from Hammonton. The two story building by the lake looks like the original-newly built Canoe Club. The Marriot Canby Morris name may have an Atsion connection. Would you consider sharing copies of the photos with the Historical Society of...

Barbara Solem will be signing her book at the Country Living Fair later this morning. Janet

The closing of Route 54 is due to the Challenge triathlon. The link below explains the bicycle portion which will impact Hammonton and neighboring areas during the day. More than 1200 bicyclists from all over the world are expected to take part in the Challenge...

Don, You are right on target. I came across a catalogue of The College of New Jersey (Princeton). The class of 1832 includes Thomas H. Richards, Batsto and the class of 1833 includes Samuel Patrick Richards, Batsto. Both would be Jesse's sons! Both young men were married and living at the...

For what it's worth ......... Atsion's Samuel Richards is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. A photograph of his monument taken about 20 years ago shows the name as Samuel Richards. A 1967 listing of those persons interred in his family plot (Sec. E, Lot 64-67) contains about 25...

John Pearce's Heart of the Pines is available at the Batsto Visitor Center and at Buzby's in Chatsworth. I believe that Batsto's price is $60.00. Batsto also sells Nest of Rebel Pirates - not sure of the price. Janet

Thank you Marlene! Janet

Marlene, Can you share the names of the others in the rail station photo? Also, do you know in which Hammonton cemetery your grandfather is buried? When did your mother leave Atsion - was it for work or school? Does she have any stories that she would like to share? It would be nice to put...

Jerseyman, I have enjoyed all of your recent articles interesting. However, one has caused me to post. I wonder if you have found any mention of specific mines in the northern part of the state from which iron was mined and sent to southern furnaces such as Batsto. We know that this...

The Batsto "Haunting in the Pines" is for children 12 and under accompanied by a parent/guardian. It is held in the lower village. Registration table will be across the bridge, just past the sawmill. It is from noon until 3:00 pm. The event is free (donations accepted). There will be games...

Hi Ben, Count me in! Janet

The George Washington Cypher booklet by Arthur Pierce is still available at the Batsto Visitor Center. Mount Vernon's west parlor has a fireback with the G.W.Cypher. On a class trip my superintendent told the guide that our Folsom School was very close to Batsto where the fireback was made...

Largo, I did hang in there and read every word until the very end. Great findings and fine reporting! Your source and mine were certainly different people, although they must have been related. Janet

Hi, Ramble Inn sounded familiar so I checked with a friend. Her maiden name is Neil and her mother's maiden name was Stewart. The Ramble Inn was a log cabin built by her grandfather Neil and his sons. One of those sons was Farmer John, the father of my friend. He died in 1999. (Google...

Just finished watching the rerun of Pine Barrens Journey. Below is a link to a short bio telling where Don Bragg is today, at least in 2003! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/02/SP24.DTL Janet

You could check with the former superintendent of Wharton as to what he really said or really meant. He is David Donnelly and left Wharton to become superintendent at Washington Crossing State Park also part of the NJ Park system. I think he is still there. He was a landscaper from Lakewood...

Heart of the Pines has been reprinted and is available at the Visitor Center at Batsto Village and in Chatsworth at Buzby's Store. It is not necessary to pay ebay prices. Janet

Guy, Does the datasheet show that there was a Clementon station and also a Pine Valley station? Janet

Pine Hill Golf vs Pine Valley Golf Club Guy and Bob, Interesting, there are two top rate golf clubs within a mile or two of each other. I believe that the one in the former Ski Mountain area on Branch Avenue is Pine Hill Golf. I would guess this is Signal Hill. Behind Clementon Park...