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Image via WikipediaFrom the official
website: "Visitors are greeted by the fresh scent of pines...The Lebanon
Glass Works was established in 1851 and was successful until 1867, when
it shut down after depleting the supply of wood necessary for the
furnace to operate.
Today,
hikers can follow the sandy trails and roads that
crisscross the forest, sometimes passing near the
remains of stone or brick structures or where large depressions
indicate the location of what was once a bustling town.
Pure, iron-rich streams flow through acres of
swampy land covered with dense stands of Atlantic
white cedar.
Whitesbog Village
was an "active 19th and 20th-century cranberry and
blueberry producing community. This company town
was founded in the 1870s by Joseph J. White. The commercial high-bush blueberry was developed here by Elizabeth White.
Once a thriving town and one of the largest
cranberry farms in the state, the now silent
village is an example of the changes in agriculture
in this state. The site is undergoing restoration
and is leased to the Whitesbog Preservation Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the restoration of the village. Cedar Swamp Natural Area:
Many of the forest communities represented in the
New Jersey Pine Barrens may be observed along the trails
through the natural area. These include upland pine-oak and
oak-pine forest, pitch pine lowland forest and Atlantic
white cedar swamp. The natural area supports the
federally threatened swamp pink and other endangered plant species." Unfortunately, this beautiful state park was named after one of the worst governors in New Jersey's history, Brendan Byrne. It was formerly known as Lebanon State Forest.
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