Just about every Piney knows the name Joe Mulliner – the “Robin Hood of the Pines” – who robbed from the rich and, in theory, gave to the poor. He would also rob taverns and, according to some stories, would dance with the women before he escaped. One...
Quite some time ago, I received an email about a cemetery hidden somewhere in the same park as the Bethlehem Loading Company and Estellville Glassworks ruins – it was supposed to be much older than Bethlehem. I lost the email after getting a new computer and forgot about...
Another find due to geocaching. This is not far from the main road at all. At first I was iffy about going to ruins of someplace dealing with sewage, but it turned out to be quite safe and non-stinky. Just your run-of-the-mill concrete ruins really.Not a very big...
Thanks to NJ Pines & Down Jersey for helping with some of the info. I’ve passed Head of the River Church many times going to other places, 2 being the Abandoned Cranberry Mill and Aetna Furnace. I never really thought much about the church until I read about...
Virtually nothing is left of Aetna, or Etna, Furnace. This place, once a furnace, forge, and mill, is now nothing more than a hill with crumbling bricks on it. The dirt road leading to the furnace site is 1/4 mile in length and takes you right to the...
A lone grave sits alone not far from the infamous Indian Cabin Road. Its inscription says: Sacred To The Memory Of Mrs. Sibbel Shaler Consort of the late Timothy Shaler Who departed this life On the 2nd Day of April 1785 In the 34th year of her age...
We saw this along Rt. 30 last year on the way to Lucy the Elephant, but we couldn’t figure out how to get to it. We decided to try again and found a small driveway that leads to it. According to Drive-Ins.com, this particular drive-in was built in...
