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Showing posts with label railroads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label railroads. Show all posts
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Uncovering the Blue Comet in blueberry country

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Near the center of the Pinelands community of Chatsworth, there's a sandy, partially grass-covered clearing on the side of the road. In ...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Finding the monoliths of Changewater

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The opening day of fishing season in New Jersey was a great day to take a good wander around the countryside, and I found myself once again ...
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Keeping track: railroad vestiges lead to a storied past

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It's not all that unusual to run across railroad tracks while wandering around New Jersey. With a few thousand miles of track laid over ...
Friday, June 13, 2014

If Batman had a subway, it would be in Rockaway

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We've visited our share of old mine sites over the past few years. We've also stumbled on some lesser-known aspects of New Jersey...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Immigration's lesser-known New Jersey gateway

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Today it sits at the edge of New York Harbor, suffering from enduring damage suffered at the hand of Hurricane Sandy. A hundred years ago, i...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Bicycles and bigamy: the colorful life of Hezekiah Smith

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New Jersey's 19th century industrial history seems loaded with stories of quirky people who built communities around their factories. Su...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Nearly running the gauntlet in Oxford

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In our travels, we've sometimes been fortunate to find hidden history in pairs, like the Warren County Alms House and its cemetery , sep...