South Jersey Towns
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South Jersey Towns
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Author : William McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1973
South Jersey Towns written by William McMahon and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.
No region in the nation has a richer heritage than the eight counties of South Jersey--Cape May, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, and Ocean. In this book William McMahon has collected an assortment of little-known information and historical anecdotes about the people and places of this area. "Mr. McMahon offers a chronicle that is full of storms and fires, shipbuilding and shipwrecks, privateers and pirates, taverns and publick houses, Indians and Liberty Boys, boom towns and ghost towns, moonshining and medicine shows, stagecoach lines and railroads, spies and betrayals, and--botanically--cranberries, eelgrass, and poison love apples (tomatoes)."--New York Times Book Review
Forgotten Towns Of Southern New Jersey
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Author : Henry Charlton Beck
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1983
Forgotten Towns Of Southern New Jersey written by Henry Charlton Beck and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Composed, for the most part, from sketches that were published in the Courier-Post newspapers of Camden, New Jersey, Beck provides us with a series of stories of towns too tiny or uncertain for today's maps. Together, these sketches help to create a more complete picture of the history of New Jersey. A connecting skein of untold or little known wartime history--the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the conflict of North against South--runs through most of the sketches. Many of the sketches concern the pine towns and their people, "the pineys" who lived in the Jersey pine barrens.
South Jersey Towns History And Legend
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Author : William McMahon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
South Jersey Towns History And Legend written by William McMahon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with NON-CLASSIFIABLE. categories.
More Forgotten Towns Of Southern New Jersey
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Author : Henry Charlton Beck
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1963
More Forgotten Towns Of Southern New Jersey written by Henry Charlton Beck and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with History categories.
From Colonial days to the early 1900s, iron forges, glass plants, lumber and paper mills flourished in the New Jersey of the Pine Barrens, in old Burlington, Gloucester and Salem Counties. Around the inlets of the Atlantic shore and on Delaware Bay, whaling and shipbuilding were important industries. Times have changed. Many of the old towns have fallen into ruin or disappeared, swallowed up in the abandoned lands of South Jersey or swept away by the unrelenting tides of the Jersey coast. Henry Charlton Black, raised in Haddonfield for years, shared his endless delight in the land and the lore of South Jersey. He, like a few other devoted Jerseyans, began to hunt out in the 1930s the old sites and to record the stories handed down from generation to generation, clear back to early settlers. In this sequel to Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey, his visits to the state's early heritage - churches, villages, and roads - are continued. He explores the routes of old railroads and the tangled wilderness of the Forked River Mountains, and he tells the lost stories of forgotten glass and iron and shipbuilding villages.
Hidden History Of South Jersey
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Author : Gordon Bond
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-07-09
Hidden History Of South Jersey written by Gordon Bond and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-09 with History categories.
South Jersey is perhaps best known for its beachside boardwalks, glitzy Atlantic City hotels and blueberry farms, but behind these iconic symbols are the overlooked tales that are unique to New Jersey. While much of Harriet Tubman's life is well known, her time in Cape May is usually overlooked by biographers. Few know that the classic American drive-in movie theaters were born in South Jersey. Even the famous Wildwood, with its distinctive Doo-Wop architecture, hides forgotten stories: at the height of its popularity, this shore town was hosting some of the country's first rock-and-roll acts. Often overshadowed by its more urban northern counterpart, South Jersey nonetheless has a hidden past. In this collection, author Gordon Bond uncovers the most intriguing of these tales.
Parallel Communities
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Author : Dennis C. Rizzo
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2008-10-23
Parallel Communities written by Dennis C. Rizzo and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-23 with History categories.
The true story of the small African American communities that formed in southern New Jersey during the era of slavery—includes photos. For slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad, names like Springtown and Snow Hill promised sanctuary and salvation. Under the pressures of racial prejudice, many free blacks, runaway slaves, and even Native Americans formed island communities on the periphery of South Jersey towns. While Lawnside and others continue to thrive today, others, like Marshalltown and Timbuctoo, now exist only in memory. In this discussion of these primarily African American communities, Dennis Rizzo validates their role in the preservation of tradition, definition of extended family, and creation of a social bond between diverse peoples; together they formed parallel communities based on, but independent of, the larger towns and villages familiar to residents of the Garden State.
New Jersey Ghost Towns
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Author : Patricia A. Martinelli
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2012-02-16
New Jersey Ghost Towns written by Patricia A. Martinelli and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-16 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Explores settlements and towns that have been deserted, transformed into tourist attractions, or have less than 200 residents and are mere shadows of their former selves.
Tales And Towns Of Northern New Jersey
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Author : Henry Charlton Beck
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1983
Tales And Towns Of Northern New Jersey written by Henry Charlton Beck and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Long regarded as folklife classics, Henry Charlton Beck's books are vivid recreations of the back roads, small towns, and legends that give New Jersey its special character. Rutgers University Press is pleased to make these important books available again in newly designed editions.
Jewish South Jersey
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Author : Leonard F. Vernon
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2007-05-16
Jewish South Jersey written by Leonard F. Vernon and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-16 with Social Science categories.
Initial Jewish settlements in South Jersey emerged in the mid-19th century and offered a safe haven for people to re-create strong families and practice religion freely, without fear of government-sponsored violence. Looking for work, German Jews first migrated from their community in Philadelphia to Trenton, and then spread south to Wildwood. Although Jewish settlers were mainly known as merchants and shop owners, many towns also boast the development of the Jewish farmer. While agriculture would eventually be abandoned in favor of manufacturing, there were many extremely successful and historically significant Jewish farms that flourished in the south. Now, of course, people of the Hebrew faith are productive players in every walk of life. Jewish South Jersey touches on the many contributions made by Jewish people in the southern part of the Garden State.
Haunted New Jersey
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Author : Patricia A. Martinelli
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-06-11
Haunted New Jersey written by Patricia A. Martinelli and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Phantom pirates, water monsters, and mythical snakes figure prominently in this collection of eerie tales from the Garden State. From this state’s bucolic, rolling farmland to its heavily populated shore come a variety of stories and legends, including a murderer whose body parts were used for medical (and other) experiments, the “White Pilgrim” who died of the disease he believed he could never get, and an Indian chief who used a swastika to protect a group of defenseless schoolgirls.