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WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS Know about a historical event happening in your area?  Send me an  email  to let us know! Be the first to find out about these events on  Facebook ! Saturday, June 30, 2012 -  Byram Township, Sussex County Waterloo Canal Day Come visit Waterloo Village between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm for a day in this historic Morris Canal town. First-person interpreter Richard Pawling will portray canal boat captain John Hummel. Other events include: Boat rides on the Morris Canal, Smith's Store - a furnished canal-era store with hands-on activities, blacksmithing, see the operating gristmill, guided tours of 1859 Methodist Church, the Canal Museum - with exhibits and videos, featured exhibit: Canal Era in America, and guided walking tours of the village. http://www.canalsocietynj.org/waterloocanalday.html ---------------------------------------- Saturday, June 30 - Browns Mills, Burlington County Moonlight Walk at Historic Whitesbog Village

"The cranberry bog would serve as lawn.” Whitesbog Village, Browns Mills, NJ Written by NJ Historian When one thinks of the Pine Barrens and southern New Jersey, visions of the Jersey Devil, winding sand roads through pine trees, and cranberry bogs come to mind. However, there is one achievement that comes out of the Pine Barrens that is often overlooked but is of national prominence. Whitesbog water tower - Constructed 1924 Whitesbog, in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens, was once a classic company town. In its heyday, the surrounding bogs yielded thousands of barrels of cranberries and blueberries every year, harvested and processed by about 600 seasonal workers. The village, built between 1890 and 1925, was a self-sufficient hub, with worker housing, a general store, pay office, processing and storage buildings, and a schoolhouse. Elizabeth Coleman White, in 1921 successfully cultivated the nation’s first blueberry crop with Frederick Coville. To understand how

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WEEKEND HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS Know about a historical event happening in your area?  Send me an  email  to let us know! Be the first to find out about these events on  Facebook ! Saturday-Sunday, June 23-24 - Cold Spring Village, Cape May County Cape May Quilt and Fiber Show Historic Cold Spring Village is featuring all things fiber arts at its 'Spin to Stitch' weekend, to be held June 23rd - 24th. Open from 10am until 4:30 both days, the event features demonstrations and vendors of all fiber arts including, quilting, spinning, weaving, knitting, basketry, lacemaking, crocheting and more. Vote for your favorite quilt on Saturday, learn about historic quilt-making techniques and view historic quilts on display. Enjoy various exhibits, interactive activities and "yarn-bombing" at the Friends' Pavilion. For more information, call (609) 898-2300, ext. 16 or e-mail cjuechter@hcsv.org. Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit Early Am

. WEEKEND ESTATE SALES Click on each link for more information on the estate sale! Find something neat at an estate sale? Let us know! Hosting an estate sale? Send me an  email  to be featured in our weekly post! Be the first to know about these sales on  Facebook ! Antique Country Furniture Asbury, NJ 08802 Art & Antiques  Kinnelon, NJ 07405 Asian Antiques  Flemington, NJ 08822 Vintage!  Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Victorian Furniture  Clifton, NJ 07012 Primitive Antiques  Ho Ho Kus, NJ 07423 For more estate sales near you:  estatesales.net

Items up on eBay this week! Click on each link for the eBay page! More items always going up. Stay updated about new items on Facebook . Atlas Cut Upholsterers Tacks Starting Bid: $3.00 Vintage, 1940 John Halifax Gentleman by Miss Mulock Starting Bid: $8.99 1897 Antique Novel   Vintage Bokar Coffee Tin Starting Bid: $10.00 A&P Coffee Services Vintage Paramount Popcorn Style Cottage Cheese Tin Starting Bid: $15.00 Manufactured in PA! Vintage Ex-Lax Chocolate Laxatives Tin Starting Bid: $7.00 Tin Collectors Delight Vintage Many Mansion Postcard Starting Bid: $4.00 Postmarked 1938 1954 Canadian Dollar Bill Starting Bid: $7.00 In protective plastic 1958 Life Magazine Starting Bid: $10.00 July 21st Issue 1958 Life Magazine Starting Bid:$10.00  July 28th Issue