Lost Towns of the Pine Barrens

New Jersey’s Pine Barrens make up 1.1 million acres in the southern/central part of the state. It encompasses 7 of the state’s 21 counties, and more than 50 municipalities. The Pine Barrens is the National Pinelands Reserve, and is alive with plant and animal life, and has a unique history. This website will explore […]

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Part three in the series on iron making.

As the mixture of bog ore, charcoal and flux was heated, the flux would float the impurities to the top where they would be raked off. If you visit some of the lost towns like Atsion and take a walk in the woods you can still see some […]

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New Jersey’s Pine Barrens touch 7 of the state’s 21 counties and cover more than 50 municipalities. This is a unique environmental area, that stretches southeast from near Camden in the West to near Cape May County in the East.

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New Jersey’s Pine Barrens is a wonderous place. A unique area that is not all pine, nor is it barren. It was given its name by early settlers who thought it barren because none of the “normal” vegetation they were used to grew there.
Most forests go through at least 3 stages. Brush, softwood, hardwood. The […]

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I’m very pleased to announce that Mecca Video Productions has won a 2006 Aegis Award for the 45 minute documentary “Lost Towns of the Pine Barrens, Vol. I.” I don’t like to blow my own horn, so I will re-print the press release that went out.

Mecca Video Productions has won the prestigious Aegis Award […]

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