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    Meadow Companies

    Not exactly the Pine Barrens, but the Delaware river floodplain area in Gloucester County- Was doing some work with my "real" job the past few weeks and came across some mentions of meadow companies from the 1700s and 1800s, organized to maintain dikes and levees on the Delaware River. The...
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    Milestone in Haddonfield, corner of Haddon and Kkngs

    There is a milestone in downtown Haddonfield you may be familiar with. It's in front of Happy Hippo if you're unfamiliar. Upon examining it, the hand points at Camden the correct way. The "Glou" side points north, up the Kings Highway, to a point roughly where Lenola Rd hits Kings Highway...
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    Milestones

    So as not to take the other thread about the stage between Philadelphia and Egg Harbor further afield; I'm in Vincentown right now as @Jerseyman suggested, to look for mile stones. Here's a stone close to the bridge/grist mill site. I'm curious what the "H" refers to. Haddonfield is 15 miles...
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    First post- Thank you!!

    Hello all- My real name is Doug; I found this website somehow and have been spending an inordinate amount of time on it exploring over the past month and a half. New Jersey history is my favorite subject. I live in Linwood, NJ, work in banking. I'm also a third generation Eagle Scout, so...
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