Hurricane House, Barnegat crafts
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First phone in Ocean Co?
Trying to find out when the 1st telephone was installed here. This is the earliest mention I can find in the Courier--28 Mar 1878; the 'here' refers to Barnegat.
Railroad comes to Cream Ridge, 1866
New Jersey Courier 6 Dec 1866 "The Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad Company have contracted for the grading of the road, with the firms of Collins and Company, and Rehill, Dolan, and Banford. Ground will be broken at Hornerstown this week. The road will be completed next July, and will open up a section called Cream Ridge, which is said to contain some of the best farm land in the state. Chief Engineer, Asahbel Welsh; President, James W. Allen; First Assistant, Wm. F. Allen; second Assistasnt, J.H. Lukens"
Joseph Smith preached at Cream Ridge
According to the Ocean Emblem of 18 Jun 1863, Joseph Smith once preached at Cream Ridge: "...it is many years since the disciples of this faith first introduced their service in this county, and the school house is still standing, on Cream Ridge...where Joe Smith once promulgated his doctrine..."
Strange town names of the mid-19th century
The Ocean Emblem of 21 Sep 1859 mentions some of what it calls the 'queer names of villages in this section of the state', which appears to be around Allentown. "...we attended church in the morning at Screaming Hill, and in the afternoon at Cream Ridge, and spent the night in the suburbs of Skunktown, a village of blacksmithing importance.." It goes on to mention the writer visited Back-Bone-of-the-World (near Recklesstown and Ezekiel's Folly), Glory Hole (a village consisting of three houses and a barn), Scrabbletown, Shelltown, Foolstown, Bustletown, Turpentine (now Unionville), Frogtown, Ong's Hat, Mount Jemima, Devils' Run, Mount Misery, Comical Corner, Stop-the-Jades, Sandtown, Slabtown (now Jacksonville)
