Folks, I’m giving a talk for Atlantic County Parks, which will be repeated at the Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society a couple weeks later.
Our Forest Heritage: Pine-Belt Employments
Our Forest Heritage: Pine-Belt Employments
This session provides a natural science-based overview of man's use of Pinelands forest resources. For over 400-years, this great wilderness provided the raw materials needed for America's rapid industrialization. Vast stands of Atlantic whitecedar were over-exploited to sheath growing cities. Before fossil fuels, carbon stores were tied up in tree stock. Pines and oaks were coal mines, which provided the combustibles needed to support local manufacture. Pines were oil wells, tapped for their petroleum-like gum turpentine that furnished naval stores for shipyards, and other gum by-products. Additional tree-based goods included lumber, medicines, and other more unusual output like tessels, bird-lime, and hoop-poles.
TIMES & PLACES:Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at the W.E. Fox Nature Center. The presentation begins at 7:00 PM and lasts about an hour, with discussion afterwards.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society Museum. The presentation begins at 7:00 PM and lasts about an hour, with discussion afterwards.
Cheers,
S-M
