In the Pines – The Carranza Memorial

This memorial is located on the Batona Trail, a dirt path deep in the interior of Wharton State Forrest. The monument is dedicated to the memory of Captain Emilio Carranza, a Mexican aviator who crashed... Read more

Wharton State Forest

A Brief History of Wharton State Forest The earliest written documents about the forest date back to 1624 during the exploration of coastal inlets and bays by Henry Hudson. Of course, Indian tribes such... Read more

Bald Eagles in South Jersey

From 1970 until the early 1980s, there was only one known bald eagle nest in the state. New nests were found back in 1991 and they were the first to be found in Gloucester County since the widespread use... Read more

The Story Of Atco’s Beginnings

Thomas Richards Jr. and his brother Samuel founded Atco in 1866, about four decades after their father began the Jackson Glass Works in what is now the Louden section of Waterford.  Gone today, the works... Read more

A Little Bit Of Waterford History

DID YOU KNOW? At one time, Waterford included all the land between the Cooper River and Pennsauken Creek, from the Delaware River to the current Atlantic County boundary. Boundaries have changed and other... Read more