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Showing posts with label Salem County. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salem County. Show all posts
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Conquered by mosquitoes: New Sweden's Fort Elfsborg

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Not a cloud in the sky, and temperatures were expected to hit the mid 80s -- perfect beach weather. No doubt, the sandy expanses of Long Bea...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

America's first cattle drive? Salem County's Great Cow Chase

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New Jersey isn't especially known for its wide open prairies, ranches and cowboys. According to some, though, Salem County just may have...
Friday, January 16, 2015

The Centerton Inn: dining and perhaps a bit of plunder

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Forget about old man bars. I've got a soft spot for old inns and taverns -- the historic types where it doesn't take much to imagine...
Friday, October 31, 2014

For Halloween, some of our favorite haunts

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It's Halloween, and New Jersey-based websites are having a field day with posts citing the state's top scary and haunted places. If ...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Reaching Delaware without the toll: the odd case of Kilcohook

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Is it wrong for a loyal Jerseyperson to want to invade Delaware? I'm not talking about the whole state, just the part you can walk to ...
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Friday, February 21, 2014

No bull: Stoney's Auction at Woodstown

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Wandering around  Woodstown a few months ago, I relied, maybe a little too heavily, on my trusty copy of the  WPA Guide to 1930s New Jersey...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Woodstown: an architectural gem in Salem County

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I've driven through enough small towns in the rural reaches of New Jersey to know they can be anything from run-down shells of their for...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Wisdom in Woodstown: finding the meaning of life at Earl L. Erdner's warehouses

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Bad planning is often the route to an excellent road trip. Usually when I head out on my own, I aim for one key location, anticipating that ...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Parvin State Park: more diversity in rural New Jersey

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One of the big "gets" in New Jersey birding circles lately is the tufted duck, a medium-sized diver native to Europe and Asia. Thi...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The massacre: not in Boston, but at Hancock's house

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Several years ago, my work took me to Lower Alloways Creek from time to time, bringing me past the Colonial-era Hancock House. What I was do...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Unfazed by Shark Week? Give Heron Week a try.

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Discovery Channel has Shark Week. Hidden New Jersey had Heron Week. Okay, it doesn't have the same menacing bite or blood-curdling ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Searching Cowtown for cattle egrets and freakishly big mammals

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Before we left on our southbound excursion to points dinosaur and elsewhere, Ivan checked the birding bulletin boards for unusual sightings....
Thursday, March 3, 2011

A bit of the Civil War, here in New Jersey

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Not all that far from the end of the Turnpike, but seemingly in another world, is Finn's Point National Cemetery -- a 4.6 acre burial pl...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Exploring Fort Mott

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Stop two on the refuge/fort/cemetery tour was Fort Mott State Park in lovely Pennsville, NJ. Located on the shore of the Delaware River, F...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Supawna Meadows: where you might see birds and what looks like an oil rig

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Continuing on our Salem County jaunt, we headed to a three-in-one stop that contained a national military cemetery, an army fort turned stat...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Heading down to Salem...

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This weekend's trip brought us down to the end of the New Jersey Turnpike: Salem County and environs. Truth be told, it was a bit of a ...