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Camp Ockanickon
YMCA Camp Ockanickon was founded in 1906 by the YMCAs of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Monmouth counties. The camp's name is of special interest for it honors Ockanickon, Chief of the Mantas tribe of the Lenape, and an early Native American friend of the settlers...

Fred Winslow Noyes/Noyes Museum of Art
An artist and ardent collector of art, antiquities, and folk art, Fred W. Noyes, Jr. was born in 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of a textile designer. Although he grew up in an era when folk art was appreciated by only a small cadre of anthropologists and decorative arts collectors, he developed a sensibility that embraced this art form...

Famous Folk of Burlington County
There are many historic figures that have played important roles in the development of the communities and organizations of South Jersey. Among them are James Birch, a mass-producer of carriages; Susan Boudinot Bradford, a leader in BurlCo social circles; and James Kinsey, a shining star in the legal system...

Long Beach Island: Weathering the Storm
The beloved eighteen miles of land we call Long Beach Island has a rich history marked equally by prosperity and devastation. For centuries, nearly every new development was destroyed by the powerful storms which seem to prey on this vulnerable barrier

Salt Water Taffy
No one is sure exactly where the name "salt water taffy" came from. The most popular story involves a shopkeeper on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. A tidal surge from a summer storm in 1883 swamped his store...