All
This past Saturday, me and my friend George left my house at 6:50 in the morning to explore some sites in Cumberland County, our tour guide was Manumuskin, we arrived to meet up with him at 8:10 A.M.
We had numerous venues to visit, and in this thread there is a different scenario for almost everyone which includes cellar holes, ruins, a pond, an abandoned Railroad Station, a cemetery, a furnace, monuments and stones, and a lake.
Our first stop was at Baileytown in the Bevan WMA, the site was once a farming community started in the late 1700's until the government forced the people to move out of their residences around World War 2 to use their lands as a bombing range.
Al showed us a map of the area, people named Dupree, Wisteria, Seeds, and other families that once lived there, there are at least 30 cellar holes there, some with some real nice ruins. Arriving at the first former residence i took the following pic. Notice the cellar hole and the steps.
We then moved on to the second cellar hole.
After a closer inspection we then moved on to the third cellar hole with some real nice ruins.
After another close inspection we moved on to the fourth cellar hole. Some nice ruins also associated with this cellar hole.
Searching the above ruin for a while we then moved on to the fifth cellar hole. Upon close inspection we saw clam and oyster shells embedded in this wall.
The following cellar hole was real deep with remains scattered about.
In the following pic is my friend George checking out the large wall ruins.
In the next pic we found this well enclosure.
After viewing a small amount of the 30 cellar holes and ruins at Baileytown, Al then took us to an abandoned African American Cemetery near Port Norris, there are three headstones there, here is a pic of the first one.
The following is a pic of another headstone, notice how the ground is depressed. I never saw one like this with the ground depressed.
Upon leaving this hallowed ground Al then took us to this abandoned RR station on the Central Railroad Of New Jersey, this ruin is very large, graffiti was everywhere.
Another view of the station showing the length of the station.
On the way to our next destination, we stopped at Scout Pond, Al said the swimming here and the views in the Summer are a reason for us to return. Notice the thin sheet of ice, the sand road to this pond was frozen with some ice patches that i had to ram through with the Jeep breaking the ice in the process. Of course i checked the depth before proceeding.
We then moved on to Fries Mills, the Fries Mills around Port Elizabeth, not the Fries Mills around Clayton. A pic of a self explanatory sign called Manumuskin Industries, a very interesting site. This settlement was started around the 1790's, it is part of the Manumuskin River Preserve.
My friend inspecting one of the numerous cellar holes in the area.
Al and George inspecting the ruins of a chimney, Al said that this place was intact until the 80's, it had a piano in it until the place was torched by vandals in the 80's.
Al and George inspecting another former residence along the Manumuskin River. Another great chimney ruin.
We left the area taking Al back to where we met him in the morning as he had to return home to attend to personal business, he then told us where to look for Cumberland Furnace and some monuments.
We then traveled to Cumberland United Methodist Church to view some iron grave markers, here is one section of markers that was not legible.
An iron marker with lettering on it, most markers in the cemetery were not legible, some were barely sticking out of the ground.
After viewing the cemetery is was then time to view some boundary markers in the Millville area, a pic of the first. The date on it is 1937.
A second marker that we found. Notice the D on it.
A third marker painted quite brightly. Notice the B on it.
We then moved on to view the site of Cumberland Furnace or Eli Budd's Furnace, built around the year 1800.
A pic of a mound with oyster shells , black soil, the oyster shells was used for flux. This is definitely an interesting area.
Another view of the mound.
After viewing the Furnace site, it was now getting late, i wanted to see two more venues around Millville, the first pic is of a monument that says three set in concrete circa 1937. There are three initials on the monument, one is for Millville.
The next two pics are of Union Lake in Millville, first time that i have ever been here.
Another view of the lake.
Time now to wrap up the exploring part of the day, we then decided to go cross country taking Rt.49 East to Tuckahoe, Rt.50 North to Mays Landing, we first decided to visit on Walker's Forge Road the Estellville Church, it was too dark for a pic so we went on past Maple Lake, passing the fenced in area on the South side of Maple Ave., then taking the road back out to Rt.50 to the Harding Highway or Rt.40 West to Rt.54 North to Rt.206 to visit our favorite drinking place at my friend's house in Tabernacle, by the time we left his house we did not arrive home until 10:00 P.M., the jeep when i arrived at my house had gone 254 miles on this day, an all day'er spent exploring new places that i have never been to before.
I with my friend George would like to thank Manumuskin for the expertise and knowledge of the Cumberland County area, i would have to rate this outing in my top five.
Jim
This past Saturday, me and my friend George left my house at 6:50 in the morning to explore some sites in Cumberland County, our tour guide was Manumuskin, we arrived to meet up with him at 8:10 A.M.
We had numerous venues to visit, and in this thread there is a different scenario for almost everyone which includes cellar holes, ruins, a pond, an abandoned Railroad Station, a cemetery, a furnace, monuments and stones, and a lake.
Our first stop was at Baileytown in the Bevan WMA, the site was once a farming community started in the late 1700's until the government forced the people to move out of their residences around World War 2 to use their lands as a bombing range.
Al showed us a map of the area, people named Dupree, Wisteria, Seeds, and other families that once lived there, there are at least 30 cellar holes there, some with some real nice ruins. Arriving at the first former residence i took the following pic. Notice the cellar hole and the steps.
We then moved on to the second cellar hole.
After a closer inspection we then moved on to the third cellar hole with some real nice ruins.
After another close inspection we moved on to the fourth cellar hole. Some nice ruins also associated with this cellar hole.
Searching the above ruin for a while we then moved on to the fifth cellar hole. Upon close inspection we saw clam and oyster shells embedded in this wall.
The following cellar hole was real deep with remains scattered about.
In the following pic is my friend George checking out the large wall ruins.
In the next pic we found this well enclosure.
After viewing a small amount of the 30 cellar holes and ruins at Baileytown, Al then took us to an abandoned African American Cemetery near Port Norris, there are three headstones there, here is a pic of the first one.
The following is a pic of another headstone, notice how the ground is depressed. I never saw one like this with the ground depressed.
Upon leaving this hallowed ground Al then took us to this abandoned RR station on the Central Railroad Of New Jersey, this ruin is very large, graffiti was everywhere.
Another view of the station showing the length of the station.
On the way to our next destination, we stopped at Scout Pond, Al said the swimming here and the views in the Summer are a reason for us to return. Notice the thin sheet of ice, the sand road to this pond was frozen with some ice patches that i had to ram through with the Jeep breaking the ice in the process. Of course i checked the depth before proceeding.
We then moved on to Fries Mills, the Fries Mills around Port Elizabeth, not the Fries Mills around Clayton. A pic of a self explanatory sign called Manumuskin Industries, a very interesting site. This settlement was started around the 1790's, it is part of the Manumuskin River Preserve.
My friend inspecting one of the numerous cellar holes in the area.
Al and George inspecting the ruins of a chimney, Al said that this place was intact until the 80's, it had a piano in it until the place was torched by vandals in the 80's.
Al and George inspecting another former residence along the Manumuskin River. Another great chimney ruin.
We left the area taking Al back to where we met him in the morning as he had to return home to attend to personal business, he then told us where to look for Cumberland Furnace and some monuments.
We then traveled to Cumberland United Methodist Church to view some iron grave markers, here is one section of markers that was not legible.
An iron marker with lettering on it, most markers in the cemetery were not legible, some were barely sticking out of the ground.
After viewing the cemetery is was then time to view some boundary markers in the Millville area, a pic of the first. The date on it is 1937.
A second marker that we found. Notice the D on it.
A third marker painted quite brightly. Notice the B on it.
We then moved on to view the site of Cumberland Furnace or Eli Budd's Furnace, built around the year 1800.
A pic of a mound with oyster shells , black soil, the oyster shells was used for flux. This is definitely an interesting area.
Another view of the mound.
After viewing the Furnace site, it was now getting late, i wanted to see two more venues around Millville, the first pic is of a monument that says three set in concrete circa 1937. There are three initials on the monument, one is for Millville.
The next two pics are of Union Lake in Millville, first time that i have ever been here.
Another view of the lake.
Time now to wrap up the exploring part of the day, we then decided to go cross country taking Rt.49 East to Tuckahoe, Rt.50 North to Mays Landing, we first decided to visit on Walker's Forge Road the Estellville Church, it was too dark for a pic so we went on past Maple Lake, passing the fenced in area on the South side of Maple Ave., then taking the road back out to Rt.50 to the Harding Highway or Rt.40 West to Rt.54 North to Rt.206 to visit our favorite drinking place at my friend's house in Tabernacle, by the time we left his house we did not arrive home until 10:00 P.M., the jeep when i arrived at my house had gone 254 miles on this day, an all day'er spent exploring new places that i have never been to before.
I with my friend George would like to thank Manumuskin for the expertise and knowledge of the Cumberland County area, i would have to rate this outing in my top five.
Jim
