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The Ben Franklin Bridge
The desire for a bridge over the Delaware River was long held by southern New Jersey farmers who wished to transport their produce to Pennsylvania markets. Between 1908 and 1911, New Jersey passed laws stipulating that three or more counties could join to initiate a bridge, and at least one bordered the river to be crossed...

Greenfield Hall
Although it is currently home to Haddonfield’s Historical Society, Greenfield Hall got its start rather historically in 1728. It was the third home built on property that was a gift from Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh.

Women in Medicine
Most of us are familiar with famous women such as Florence Nightingale and Marie Curie. In South Jersey, there were some women who made names for themselves in the medical community--the first women in New Jersey's county medical societies. Here are some of the South Jersey women who were their counties' trailblazers...

The `Plain Dealer`
The `Plain Dealer,` the first newspaper established in New Jersey expressly for the purpose of supporting the sometimes faltering drive for American liberty, is one of the literary-political landmarks of the American Revolutionary period...

Hadrosaurus Foulkii
Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and the Hadrosaurus Foulkii. To most people, those first few dinosaur names sound quite familiar. However, the last one might seem a bit foreign. What if I told you that the Hadrosaurus Foulki represents some of the most important milestones in paleontology history? More surprisingly, what if I also told you that this hundred million year old creature was found right here in South Jersey? More than a hundred years ago, strange fossils were stumbled upon a farm in Haddonfield which began the unearthing of a prehistoric monster.