Ben and I visited the Hamlet of Cedar Bridge today

[Teegate]

All,

Ben and I visited the Hamlet of Cedar Bridge today, and came away with photo's and Chiggers.

The photo's can be viewed in my TeeGate Gallery.

Guy

 

[Ben Ruset]

Here are my photos:

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/module...ude=view_album.php&set_albumName=album130

We also found some new ruins near the Brooksbrae factory at Pasadena.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/module...ude=view_album.php&set_albumName=album129

Gordons describes Cedar Bridge thusly:

Cedar Bridge, hamlet, Stafford T-ship, Monmouth Co., upon the Oswego or E. Branch of Wading River, 33 miles S. of Freehold, contains a saw mill, 2 taverns, and several dwellings surrounded by pine forest

Beck mentions the ruins of the saw mill when he visited. I want to go back and explore the area a bit more.

 

[Ben Ruset]

Here's a link to an article I posted about the tavern.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=458

 

[jokerman]

I was meaning to post something about Cedar Bridge. Several weeks ago I started out to find Cedar Bridge using Beck's remarks and an old map showing Cedar Bridge. I had a confusing time with it. I found the place you pictured on my second trip, which definately is where the old maps mark the location of a town called Cedar Bridge and the house there is certainly befitting of the history. The confusion was with Beck's description and his "directions". First of all, he says that Cedar Bridge was sometimes called Cedar Grove, the latter of which, is located in the current location of Warren Grove, approximately. His directions had me believe that the graveyard he was talking about is on the west side of 539 which would certainly be Warren Grove area. I now know that it's possible that he was talking about the road that "V's" in onto 539 from the east which contains the Warren Grove Cemetery. He also describes that he saw an old schoolhouse that is now used as a gun club next to the remains of an old saw mill. On my first trip I found the schoolhouse/gun club and remains of an obvious sawmill on the road which goes into Warren Grove. His directions then say the road curves and forks as it does on this road. What's more is that there is a house approx. 200 years old in Warren Grove, past the fork in the road which currently serves as a residence and looks just ike an old hotel of its time (with later additions added on). All of this detail describes what I saw in Warren Grove. He says at the fork in the road either way will bring you to the old hotel. I looked for a road that would do so and it does not match up with either of the two (2) locations I visited although there is a road in warren grove which does make a large loop. What I imagine is that the roads have changed since his explorations and that his directions are no longer as useful. The only part that keeps me guessing however is the locations of the old schoolhouse and saw mill which are near Warren Grove and the old hotel in this area. I wanted to see f anyone knew the history of the building at Warren Grove or had encountered the same confusion.

 

[Ben Ruset]

Cedar Grove was Warren Grove's old name.

Beck's directions are often blatently wrong. I want to go back down to Cedar Bridge and find the schoolhouse and sawmill ruins.

 

[Teegate]

All,

Ben and I did some pine exploring today, and I will let him post and tell you most of it. One stop was very interesting and rare. We did go first to Reevestown Cemetery which is near Cedar Bridge. In Beck's More Forgotten Towns in the Cedar Bridge chapter he calls it the Warren Grove cemetery as Jokerman mentioned in his post above. We found out today from the owner of the Cedar Bridge Hotel that to be buried there you must live in Cedar Bridge, Warren Grove, and a few other local towns.

Unfortunately, In the cemetery there seems to be quite a few children buried there, and the parents and family of one particular one made a plane to place there out of a few soda cans. This plane propeller actually works and it is quite a site to see. I have posted them in my gallery if you are interested.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/module...ude=view_album.php&set_albumName=album105

BTW if you read the Cedar Bridge chapter in Beck's book, you can get a clue to the location of the 1924 Cedar Bridge fire tower mentioned in my article on the main page. Ben will surely post on what we did today, and after reading that you may want to take a trip to that area to visit Cedar Bridge, the Reevestown Cemetery, and be the first to post that you visited the 1924 Cedar Bridge tower location.

Guy

 

[njvike]

All,

Unfortunately, In the cemetery there seems to be quite a few children buried there, and the parents and family of one particular one made a plane to place there out of a few soda cans. This plane propeller actually works and it is quite a site to see. I have posted them in my gallery if you are interested.

Guy

Unfortunately, I discovered the same thing when I visited Lower Bank Cemetery. I believe three children (same family) passed on. I don't believe they even made it past three months.

Science and Medicine have come a long way

Here's a link that *may* be of interest.

http://www.shovergen.com/njburlin/cemeterieslist.html

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Any further information on Cedar Bridge?

 

[Ben Ruset]

Here's some info on the hotel:

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/the-refugee-john-bacon/