May 12 2008
Pictures
I am not even remotely a photographer, and so most of what you’ll see here, should you care to look, might be valued more for the content and not-too-offensive quality of presentation, rather than any particular artfulness of composition.
I hiked north out of Millbrook one sunny Saturday to trace the road along Vancampens Brook. I wanted to get a sense of why it was there, and where it went. Along the way I took these pictures.
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One Sunday afternoon I set out to follow the route of the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Chester Branch, and perhaps find the remains of a 19th century blast furnace.
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These pictures were taken on a hike from Millbrook up to Ridge Road, and into the woods in quest of an old road from an old map, and perhaps the remains of years gone by.
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Not far off the Old Mine Road, up a narrow forest track that was once a farm lane, near a vanished town with a biblical name, the Depue and Kinney families tilled the land. I took a hike to the sites of these old homesteads and found some interesting things.
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In 1850 clay was the latest natural resource that would produce riches, at long last, from the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Scattered on the ground near the corner of two forgotten lanes in Lacey Township lie the broken remains of what proved to be just another pipedream: the Union Clay Company.
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Near the long-vanished town of Calno the Van Campen family once operated a grist mill. Uphill to the east the family farmhouse stood, not far from the Ribbles place where the Post Office used to be. Across the road toward the river the Depues lived, farmed, and were buried on ground that was settled in the 17th century. Everywhere are the old buildings and outbuildings, stone walls and discarded farm implements. This land has some of the oldest memories in America.
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