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A History of Tom’s River, which will include a Genealogy of the Luker Family of Toms River, New Jersey
Read More : A History of Tom’s River, which will include a Genealogy of the Luker Family of Toms River, New JerseyI was born in Island Heights on the 30th of March, 1948. In the aftermath of this event, I experienced the full extent of my childhood in Island Heights, and in the adjacent and surrounding township of Toms River, New Jersey. At the age of fourteen, I moved with my family to the state of…
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From Dr. Johnstone to Dr. Graw: The Early History of Island Heights, New Jersey
Read More : From Dr. Johnstone to Dr. Graw: The Early History of Island Heights, New JerseyThe resort settlement of Island Heights was, quite literally, pried away from Dover Township, New Jersey (present-day Toms River Township), mainly through the determined effort of Jacob B. Graw, a Methodist minister from Camden, New Jersey, who owned
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The Village of Toms River and the Township of Dover in the 18th Century
Read More : The Village of Toms River and the Township of Dover in the 18th CenturyAllow me to tell you about Grandpa, who lived in an old house on a farm in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Toms River, New Jersey. Grandpa and Grandma were not really my grandparents; they were just this elderly couple, friends of my parents, with whom I stayed from time to time while I was attending elementary school. I confess that…
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Of Oysters, Mummichogs, and Tautogs in Barnegat Bay
Read More : Of Oysters, Mummichogs, and Tautogs in Barnegat BayTuesday, Sept. 1. Fair weather, the wind variable between east and south, we steered away north-north-west. At noon we found our height to be 39° 3′. We had soundings thirty, twenty-seven, twenty-four, and twenty-two fathoms, as we went to the northward. At six o’clock we had twenty-one fathoms. And all the third watch till twelve…