BarryC said:
I wonder why the people of Cumberland made so many Bog Iron gravemarkers in their cemetery? Interesting, huh? That's 25 versus 6 at Weymouth and 8 at Batsto/Pleasant Mills. Boy would I love to see that map!
You are absolutely right. We cannot lose that property.
Jane Galletto of US endangered wildlife and nongame or whatever it is invited me over for a couple of hours this morning and we poured over old maps. Some of them were the maps of the Charles Hartman collection, and there were many other interesting maps as well. The post re: Bayside came from a book she gave me, and she has loaned me some other wonderful things.
I hope to upload a portion of one of the maps later this evening, if I can win the kickboxing match with my computer.
The kids computer is Windows 98, and the scanner is not compatible with mine, Windows XP. But their computer didn't have enough RAM? for the digital, so that particular computer is still on dial-up...needless to say, it is a laborious process. :comp:
Alan Mounier has asked me to accompany him to the Cumberland site next week, and armed with old maps, topos, aerials, books, and GPS' we hope to find more of this village, which, like most furnace towns, boasted a saw mill, a grist mill, 2 forges, a company store, a school, worker's housing, etc. This is really quite exciting for me, and the developer's archeaologist is a colleague of Alan's, he thinks it is likely I will be able to stay abreast of everything as it happens. It has been overwhelming, nonetheless, since Monday's speech at the meeting...I've had well over a hundred emails regarding this topic, and phone calls as well.
I also found a BUNCH of new places down here to look for, too, that should interest you and Al.
A Swedish cemetery that has bones sticking up out of the ground as it is being claimed by the river, several other cemeteries, several other furnaces and other industries that date back to the 1700 and early 1800s.
And it turns out that the people who live at the house with the driveway into Fries Mill where the TNC property is? I know his wife, Dr. Ward-Garrison, I worked with her at the Y, and she spoke Monday night as well. I don't think I would have any problem getting permission to go in there.
Oh, and it turns out the Charles Hartman map collection is available at the Rutgers library, but I haven't been able to find it online.
I think the fun part of all of this is the networking, getting to meet so many wonderful people, with brains that I could just sit and pick for hours!!!
Sorry...getting a little excited over here...I tend to do that...I just love this stuff!
Renee
