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The Berlin Cemetery
The Berlin cemetery has quite a history. England's King George the III deeded the land, on a piece of sheepskin, to Samuel Scull for 5 shillings in 1766. The cemetery office on the site today bears that date...

A Southern Mansion
In 1863, Philadelphia industrialist George Allen built an American bracket, post, and beam villa on the island of Cape May. The Southern Mansion is the largest and most opulent Cape May mansion built circa 1860 in the heart of the historic district. The estate has been completely restored to return you to genuine southern hospitality...

Fire on the Morro Castle
In an historic tale of things gone wrong, the cruise ship Morro Castle caught fire. Her captain had mysteriously died and his replacement had turned the ship into the wind in such a way as to help spread the flames until the whole ship was ablaze--full of passengers. Thousands lined the Jersey shoreline to watch in horror...

Pine Barrens Fire of 1936
In the Pine Barrens in 1936, a fire raged for more than 4 days and spread over more than 20,000 acres

The Legacy of Hezekiah Bradley Smith
Our tale begins in the fall of 1865, in the run-down village of Shrevesville, in Burlington County.