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Outside of the pines, but still in South Jersey, was the settlement of Townbank, founded by New England whalers on the Bay side of what is today Cape May County in 1632. Also known as Falmouth, New England Town, and Portsmouth Town, it is now under the waters of the Delaware Bay, just out of...

One of the Hartman Maps shows just below Delmont two canals coming from Riggins Ditch labeled as "dug with slave labor."

HERE hybrid was my favorite of that bunch. Keep up the great work Boyd!

Interesting, that island is only six miles from my house as the crow flies.

I was recently looking at the Jack Pudding Branch on a map and noticed not too far away the "Man Killer Branch," which flows into Babcock Creek just north of the confluence of Jack Pudding and Babcock. Any idea where this toponym came from?

The juxtaposition of the photo of the pig followed by the photo of the pork roll / Canadian bacon on the skillet is top tier.

Ben, I know I had brought it up in a direct message to you a couple of months ago, but I'd still be interested in a "randomizer" button for the forums that would bring up previous posts, much like Wikipedia's random article generator. I'm not sure that is technically feasible, but there is...

After looking at the European beaches (and experiencing them first hand), it absolutely gives you an appreciation for the Jersey Shore.

As an history teacher, I'm fascinated by these colorized, voiceover-dubbed films from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I find WWI as one of our most important modern events in human history, so when the movie "They Shall Not Grow Old" (which had these effects) arrived in selected...

Don't know anything about piney tribe but it's funny you mention James. Was out at Calico Ridge with him a couple weeks back looking at the mountain laurel blooms. Great dude. We definitely used your maps Boyd to do some exploring while we were out there!

That's a nice piece of land. Great work by the listed advocates.

I was out that way this past week. There's a similar dirt pile at the Batona Trailhead on Dan Bridge Rd. and literally dozens of them on Dump Rd. right next to the Parkway.

On the "Ghosts of the Pines" documentary there is a brief cut to a map of the pines and there is an 'Alligator Ridge."

Some sort of natural subsidence?

I was recently poring over some of Boyd's maps while doing some research and found something that I have never noticed. I saw that the creek linking the Wading and Bass rivers was named the Loveland Thorofare on some maps but on others it was known as the Isveland Thorofare. I thought that...

Shame to see those Menantico lakes "closed." Has there ever been a rationale given for each specific closure?

The rivalry between these two communities has waned incredibly, but even the suggestion of a merger 30-40 years ago would have been met with derision from both sides. Growing up in Vineland, we were told from a very young age not to socialize with "Millbillies" and it often led to physical...

Agreed. Especially if there aren't any human tracks near by.

I know I'm in the minority since I don't use a stick on the PBX hikes (and there have been times I wish I had one), but when going through briars I prefer being unencumbered carrying one. I'd probably end up losing it anyway.

I did. For the first five minutes there were individuals also on Zoom who did not mute their mic, so that made it a bit difficult to hear. The audio was better once that was resolved but at some points I had trouble picking up what Mark was saying. The shared screen via one of the...