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Tidewater Otter

R evolutionary

War

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Water

Trail

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Rancocas

Creek and Burlington Revolutionary War flip-book takes the reader on a self-

guided narrative of NJ’s Rancocas Creek and Burlington City

Revolutionary War Maritime Heritage and Cultural Landscape.

Slides, photos and comments follow NJ’s exemplary Rancocas Creek Water Trail, a vibrant natural

corridor of American Heritage and Traditions. Do not hesitate to ask questions, confront what you

observe and challenge your Revolutionary War Knowledge. The guide can be viewed before,

during and after kayaking down and around the N Branch Mt. Holly Oxbow, pass west through

Timbuctoo and down into Rancocas State Park.

Nature’s wonderful tidal marsh ecosystem awaits...

If there are areas that you would like to kayak and or ask questions drop Rancocas Pathways a note

. We are always looking to enhance, augment and make readers friendly this material and across to

all demographics.

Old Court House 1723

Mount Holly

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Introduction

- Fascinating Compass of Heritage

West Jersey’s Burlington City and Mount Holly’s Revolutionary War history

defines a unique rich narrative. From British naval vessels being attacked at

Burlington to the Battle of Mount Holly to the Red Coats General Howe

occupying Mount Holly, to the irreplaceable contributions of Mount

Holly’s Stephen Girard and many others. Come celebrate this revolutionary

spirit. Capture the essence that flows along West Jersey Tidewaters fusing

Americas heritage to discovering a captivating period of New Jersey’s

history.

What makes Pathways Revolutionary War excursions different is that

instead of walking around geographic locations we allow local escalating

actions of West Jersey’s American Revolution guide us on kayaking

excursions. Sightseeing unfolds a fusion to local storytelling. Participants

kayak among West Jersey’s Revolutionary War passions, personalities, and

psychologies.

D on’t Give Up the Ship kayak rentals and guided excursions connect w

participants capturing the energy that invented America, past, present and

future

Kayaking is an enjoyable relaxing and effective way to explore West Jersey

and relive history. Groups are kept s mall

so you are engaged by lively,

experienced and fun guides. We cover major events, explore hidden gems;

and kayak around outstanding natural features. Come on out and paddle

on down.

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Burlington City

Delaware Riverfront

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Selected

Early American Ports

1607-1710

Philadelphia 1682

1683

Salem

1677 Burlington

1677 Mount Holly

Baltimore 1702

1686 Bridgeton

1706

Chestertown

Alexandria 1730

1684

Cambridge

Delaware Bay

Twin Capes

James Town 1607

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Cheasapeake

Bay

4

New Jersey Map -

Wm.

Faden [1776] -

London

West Jersey Towns in 1776

Burlington City & Mount Holly

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North Philadelphia

Lower

Rancocas

Creek

Burlington

Burlington

Island

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AFHMUS

Burlington Island Ferry Service

7

Burlington City

Burlington Island

Back Channel Delaware

Burlington City

River

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Bristol

River Port

Pennsylvania

Burlington

Island

Burlington City River Port

New Jersey

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Revolutionary War

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Native Americans

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Burlington City New Jersey

Since 1693

Bristol Viewshed

Delaware River

Back Channel Launch

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Don’t

Give Up The Ship

Memorial

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Captain James Lawrence born in Burlington, New Jersey

1 October 1781

1 June 1813 engaged

the Royal Navy

frigate

S hannon

in a

fierce naval battle.

Crew was

overwhelmed by

British boarders.

Captain Lawrence

dies on 4 July 1813

Captain Lawrence,

mortally wounded

ordered:

"Don't give up the

ship"

as he was carried

below.

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H.M.S. Shannon, Commencing the Battle with the American Frigate Chesapeake, on the 1st. June 1813. Designed

by

Captain R. H. King, painted by J. C. Schetky, engraved by L. Haghe. (London, n.d.) PR-

047 Irving S. Olds Collection

of Naval Prints, #208

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A sample of correspondence between General4George Rancocas Washington Creek Water andTrail

others Revolutionary focused on Burlington War NJ

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Ref:

https://founders.arc

hives.gov

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Mount Holly Artist

Henry Inman - 1832

Native American Portraits

Placed inside America’s Capital Building

Rotunda

Children of

Burlington’s

1835

Bishop Doane


Henry 4/7/2022Inman Owned and Studio wasNarrative

at Sharp’s

Farm Up on the Rancocas

Creek 15

Burlington City’s

Maritime

Hainesport

at

56 Ton

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Delaware River Federal Navigation Channel

Burlington City - New Jersey

2021

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Mount

Holly

Battle of

Iron Works

Hill

1776

British Occupation

1778

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Rancocas

Creek,

Monroe Park,

(British Provincial Unit “Skinners Greens”


Narrative

Mount

NJ Volunteers

2009)

Holly

18

Rancocas Creek

400 Years of

Tidewater Timeline

Maritime Heritage

WPA

1930-40’

s

Charting of

Tidewaters

Northampton-Mt

Holly Township 1688

Main

Stem

Sending Area

Philadelphia

Market

James

Forten

E arly 1600’s –

Creek mapped

Dutch

by the

1671 Sussex County

Lundy’s Willingboro

Settlement

Burlington

County Prison

1819

1776

- Battle

of Iron Works

Hill or the

Battle

Holly.

of Mount

Battle of Long

Bridge/Admiralty

Court/S. Girard

Revolutionary

War

1849

Burlington-

Mt Holly

Railroad

1852

Columbian

Iron

Works-

Hainesport

Brick

Works

Timbuctoo

- 1860’ s

Underground Slave

Railroad

Lumberton

Mosasaurs

Shipyard

Rancocas Lyceum."

The most famous

literary society in

Burlington County

in 1877

Prohibition

Delanco

Riverside

Willingboro

Mt.

Texas

Holly Flood

Channel

President

Roosevelt

Meeting

Sand

pits

GOAL

>>>

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Mount

Holly

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Tidal Extent

Rancocas Creek

N Branch

Rancocas

Creek Cleaved by Mt.

Holly 1941 Flood Bypass

Channel

High Tide

Low Tide

1000

41 1-9- PM 2017

10 A1

M

N Branch - Incoming Tide

Original N Branch Channel

1600

1 -8-2017

137 Miles

North From Delaware Estuary Twin Capes

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Rancocas Drainage Beaver

Price of

Trade

1665 A.D.

a Brooklyn (NYC) Ferry Shallop

550 Dutch Guilders ($220.00)

1/3 in Beaver Furs (Winter Beaver Pelts);

1/3 Merchantable Wampum (120 beads = 1 guilder);

1/3 in Goods, and Free Passage.

Ref:

Perry, John.,

American Ferryboats,

1957

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Mount Holly

Founded 1677

Nominated Under

Review

Lumberton

Founded Late 1600’s

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Exemplary

Distinct

N ational

Water Trails are designated by

the Secretary and are part of the

National Trails System. Water trails must

be

c ooperatively supported

intended to….

and are

“ strengthen and enhance local efforts

to increase public access to recreation

and promotes

n atural

w aterways”

.

the conservation of

areas along exemplary

Used w permission

McBride Collection


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Historic

Pathways,


Rancocas

Creek (i.e. - National)

Water

Trail

encompasses

conservation connecting unique maritime,

ecological,

geological,

hydrological,

scenic,

cultural,

and historic

features

plus

heritage

and community attributes

that

accommodate a variety

of

healthy,

multi-

use outdoor

recreation activities...

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Education

-

Research

-

Science

- Technolog y

Courtesy AW

Courtesy Micheal C

A Healthy

Community

is a Garden to Grow.

(H.

Rouse)

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Dinosaurs,

Mosasaurs

and Ocean Lizards

S Branch Hydrosaur

Mosasaurs Teeth

Collected

Lumberton, NJ

December 8, 1877

Academy of Natural Sciences

Cretaceous Period of the

Mesozoic

Era

144 million years ago - Early Cretaceous

Period

Their Past Speaks to the Present and Our Future

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Dorothy Cross

New Understandings

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Stone Quarry Landing - Rancocas State Park

South Branch - Hainesport

Courtesy Lumberton

Historical Society

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40.00000°

N

Geo-L ocation : 40.00182°

N - 74.81465° E

Mouth of the Rancocas Creek

Mt. Holly and the Rancocas Creek Sits on the 40.0000 Degree

Line

Bernard Devonish, Land Owner on the Rancocas Creek in

1687 sailed regularly back and forth to Barbados from the

Rancocas Creek. Bernard's brother was a Ship’s Captain

known to have sailed from the Ports of Baltimore and

Philadelphia. Back in the 1700’s brigs and such unloaded

cargo from Barbados in the Port of Philadelphia. From these

docks, cargo was loaded into Rancocas Creek shallops and

then sailed the tide back to the Devonish and Other Land

Holdings (todays Rancocas State Park) up on at the

confluence.

20.0000°

N

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Horse

Latitudes

Geo-L ocation: 13° 10'

N and 59°

32'

W

Barbados

18

th

Century Navigation Sailing Ship

Plan

As an example: General Sailing Directions from the Island of Barbados to the

Rancocas Creek. Actual plans would vary in detail. The majority of Captains

and Pilots kept knowledge of the trade and maritime passage ---

private. Word

of mouth passed from generations to generations.

Sample Sail Plan: Sail North-

West from Barbados, striking in two weeks the

Coast (America). Sail North to the South River (Delaware Bay). Ascend the

Delaware River passing the Port of Philadelphia to 40.0000 N. At the “Hens and

Chicks” rocks at “White Sheet Bay” effect safe passage in to the Rancocas

Creek. Allow the tide to sail you East on the Rancocas Creek to the Confluence.

Take the North Fork to Devonish Landing*. Follow the Little Dipper up creek to

Mt. Holly.


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Revolutionary War

Court

of

A dmiraltry

Mount

Holly

Delaware River

Ports

Rancocas Creek

Early American

Coastwise Trade

Route

Cape

Hatteras

Sandy Hook - NJ

Burlington County Watermen

1776

Farmers

Mariners

Lightermen

Weavers

Whalers

Trappers

Merchants

Caribbean Islands

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Rancocas

Creek

1636

Legal tender

“wampum”

1613 Truffle hunting an Iron Hog (article on settlement of area)

1636 wild strawberry and grapes grew in abundance (journal entry)

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Ref: Free Library of Philadelphia

tip of the hat to Tlarry hanks 2tiger,

Larry Tigar mt.

Thanks 2 Larry Tigar

holly hx society

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Delaware River

Estuary

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Rancocas Creek

March 21, 1817

Sailing Shallop “Good Intent”

One Deck-One Mast

L ength: 52 feet – 8 inches

Width: 18 feet 6 inches

Dept: 4 feet

Weight: 30 tuns

Ref: Decou

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Armed

Forces

Heritage

Museum

North

Philadelphia

Mt. Holly

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Rancocas Creek

Maritime Heritage

State of NJ

Legislative Navigation Acts

from 1783

Rancocas or Ancocas Creek

RCNWT

Geo-Fact

1849

Barge

“Vessel Ribs”

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Annie L. VanSciver Rancocas

Annie L. VanSciver Rancocas

Creek Steamer 1910

Creek Steamer 1910

Centerton Rancocas Creek

Centerton Rancocas Creek

Used w Permission

Mt. Laurel Hx Society

Multi-Use Recreation Opportunity

Water trails are recreational

routes on waterways with a

network of public access points

supported by

broad-

based community

p artnerships.

Water trails provide both

c onservation and

recreational

o pportunities.

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Conservation

photo by bennet

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Rancocas

Creek Watershed

360 Square Miles

Mill Creek

State Park

Bluewater Trail

Burl Co

Canoe Trail

Big Tank

Connection

Medford

Canoe

Trail

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What

Stands

Out

?

Heritage /

Community

/

Engagement

Shark

Meadow

n

Rancocas

Creek

Privateers

Mt.

Holly Founded (founded - 1677)

Lumberton Area (first settled - 1683)

Head

of Tide and Navigation

North Branch’s

B. Devonish

Sailed to Caribbean Market via Port of Philadelphia

(1687)

Revolutionary War Period Admiralty Issues

(1776)

State of NJ Rancocas Creek Navigation Acts

(1783)

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Armed Shallop Blockade


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State of NJ

Rancocas Natural Area

Timbuctoo

Founded 1826

Underground Railroad

Civil War Burial Site

Free Black Village

N Branch at Grubbs

R

N Branch Tributary and Drainage - Westernmost Cedar Swamp in

Burlington County - Only Cedar Swamp in NJ’s Inner Coastal Plain

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Narrative

Historic

Land-

Owners of North Branch Rancocas Creek

Present

day - Timbuctoo/Rancocas State Park/Willingboro

Property-O wner

Notes:

1.

Mary Perkins………………

Trust deed. Widow.

Burlington City Resident

2.

Anthony Elton…………….

Land owner.

Present day Rancocas State Park.

3.

R.

Fenimore………………… Road from Creek to Great Meadow. Connection to to B. Devonish. Brick-L

ayer, Distiller (possible location

of

N. Branch distillery ? May 17, 1783).

4.

Lawrence Morris………… Sawyer, on Town- line at Grubb’s Meadow (p. 471) .

5.

John Cripps…………………

Mt. Holly Connection/Wool comber.

Land abuts Morris.

6.

Thomas Gardiner………..

Surveyor .

7 . Grubb’s

Run ………………

Henry Grubb: Innkeeper/Butcher, Family Well Known Quaker Abolitionists. Local inn-keeper.

Is Grubb’ s

Run named for Grubb ? See connection to Burlington City. (P. 483 ---

Perkins Land Deal)

8.

Timbuctoo

Residents………

Freedmen/Escaped Slaves, See “Davis Site” references.

9.

Interview………….………

w/ Local, long- time residents.

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Smithville

Mount Holly

River/Creek Port

Burlington

River Port

Timbuctoo

North Branch

Rancocas

Hainesport

South Branch

Rancocas

Lumberton

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Insert 1849 Map

Rancocas Valley

Ref: Library of Congress

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Rancocas

Creek is

a Bridge,

Not

a Border.

Community

Landscape

Destinations

BMP

(best management practices)

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N Branch

1870’s

Devonish Farm Landing

(todays Rancocas State Park)

Rancocas Nature Center Farmstead

Confirmed (Period) Approximate Location of a

1870’s

era Farm, Wharf or Club-House

Landing

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N Branch Historic

Timbuctoo

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When

the

on

the

N Branch

“ Drinking

Gourd”

,

during

rising

an

low

evening

over

and

or

night-time

spanning

paddle

Horse-Head

one

Point

sees

and

t he

constellation,

T imbuctoo.

“ Little

Dipper”

or

Here

as

standing

tides

post

flow

r epose. ..” Follow

above

immortal

the

in

silent

Drinking

G ourd”

Directly above the hamlet of

Timbuctoo sits the “Little Dipper” and

t he

N orth Star.

Burlington County

and Timbuctoo a single-

path among

the myriad capillaries of the Underground Railroad.

Little Dipper

RCNWT Geo-

Fact

S ound Track:

Richie Havens Jams “Follow the Drinking Gourd”

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Nort

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constellatio

rsa

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t

p

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f

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t

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andl

h

f

o

e

th

Little

“ ”

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D .

olaris

P

s

i

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considere

a

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avigationa

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r

ta

s .

olaris

P

s

a

w

d

se

u

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b

ailing

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hallops

s ,

tugs

arges,

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team

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reek

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s

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w

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an

urrents

c .

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Trail

Creek Water

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My Soul

Has

Grown Deep Like the River.

Semi-Wild Paddling

Langston Hughes, 1921

N Branch

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Even the stars marked the

distress and fears of those at

Timbuctoo *

Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad

Conductor sang of the Little Dipper in the

spiritual

folk-

song “Follow the Drinking

Gourd”.

Sung around by slaves, hymnals were

used to get the word out and about.

“Follow the Drinking Gourd” ** hymn

refers to:

When the first quail

drinking gourd...

call, follow the

Escape in the Spring looking

at the night sky for direction.

Leading the w ay

the star

formation, the Little Dipper

which points to P olaris,

the

Pole Star, North and

Freedom **

When the first quail call, follow the

drinking gourd...

* Timbuctoo was settled on the N Branch, Rancocas Creek by Fugitive Slaves in1825

**

h ttp://www.followthedrinkinggourd.org

(reference on “Follow the Drinking Gourd” song)

E scaping slaves used the N orth Star as

a guide to follow North on the

Underground Railroad. In a kind of

g eneral way. i.e.: If you go far enough,

you come to one of the free states, or

to Canada.

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Little Dipper (“Drinking Gourd”) and Polaris

N Branch - Horse Head Point - Timbuctoo

Geo-L ocation : 40.00182°

N - 74.81465° E

Polaris is a fixed, Northern stationary

Star. Crux of Night Navigation

The Little Dipper rotates in the night

sky

in a counter-

clockwise direction

around Polaris

Rancocas

Creek

Mt. Holly

Horse Head Point

Timbuctoo

Polaris

Night

Time Navigation

Shallop or Creek Barge Deck

Point of View

Grubbs Run


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Rancocas

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Timbuctoo,

North Branch

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Revolutionary War Era Tide Mill

North Branch, Rancocas Creek

Burlington County - NJ

“When the Flood Tide is

Done”

Timbuctoo, Westampton Township

Revolutionary War Era Tide Mill

.


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Mt.

Holly

North Branch Paddling

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Mount

Holly

National Historic District

North Branch Rancocas Creek

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Mount

Holly National

Historic District

Mount Holly Historic District [†] is architecturally significant because of its complete range of

architectural styles. These examples of the development of building in this part of New Jersey

include the 1723 Three Tuns Tavern (Mill Street Hotel; Mill and Pine Streets) with thick stone

walls, a 1733 frame house (211 Mill Street) where Stephen Girard had both his home and shop

RANCOCAS

during his stay in Mount Holly, the 1736 Shinn Log House (Park Drive and Commerce Place), a

1744 Flemish bond brick house with glazed headers (Thomas CREEK Budd House, 20 White Street), a

1775 Quaker Meeting House (Friends Meeting House, High and Garden streets), a 1775 English

frame house (Samuel Carr House, 111 Garden Street), the 1796 Burlington County Court

House (High Street) of superb architectural design, and the 1810 Burlington County Prison

Museum at 128 High Street. Other buildings are an 1815 stately brick town house (21 Mill

Street),

an 1832 G eorgian

home (James Langstaff Mansion, 307 High Street), an 1864 superb

example of board-and-

batten construction (Fenimore House, 35 Ridgway Street), an 1865

Victorian home (Lippincott House, 29 Ridgway Street) with a mansard roof and an excellent

e xample of an 1870 antebellum mansion (James Langstaff Mansion, 307 High Street.

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Burlington County Parks Public

Lyceum High Street

Mount

Holly

National

Historic

District

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Pathways,


Let

Us

Begin This

Descriptive Tour of the Rancocas Creek

Under Observation. (1893)

as

Both Banks

Are

goal

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Enhanced Access

Courtesy

AJH

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High Tide

High Tide

Low Tide

Low Tide

4 PM

10 AM

1000

11-9-2017

1600

11-8-2017

137 Miles

N Branch – Tidal Range

Inland from Delaware River

Twin Capes

Rancocas Creek Cleaved by Mt. Holly 1941 Flood Bypass Channel

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Steven Girard

Stephen Girard was born in Bordeaux, France on May 20, 1750,

into a wealthy family in the shipping business. Stephen himself

first set out to sea at age 14, and he continued in the shipping

business, which took him to New York in 1774.

His shipping business was negatively affected by the British

blockade during the Revolutionary War. He moved to Philadelphia

in 1776 where he married Mary Lum. When Philadelphia was

occupied by the British troops in 1777, Stephen and Mary moved

to this house in Mount Holly, where they also operated a retail

store. During his time here, the native Frenchman became

increasingly interested in the cause of the American Revolution

going on around him. In Philadelphia, on October 27, 1778, Girard

signed an oath of allegiance and became an American Citizen. In

1779, he moved back to Philadelphia, concentrating again on his

shipping business.

After the Revolutionary War, Girard's shipping business grew

dramatically, along with his wealth. Decades later, he became a

major financier to the United States government for the War of

1812.

Upon his death on December 26, 1831, he left a majority of

his fortune that formed in 1848 what is now known as Girard

C ollege.

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Rancocas

Creek Revolutionary

War

Era

Coinage

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Privateers

Pirates

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In Philadelphia

Port Naval

& Other Stores

Sold to

Continental

Army/Navy

Down Rancocas to Delaware to Port of

Philadelphia

Sold at Admiralty Courts in Mount Holly

Stephen Girard

Captured British Goods Moved Across

Pine Barrens by Horse Cart and Punts

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Courtesy

Lumberton

Historical

Society

Atsion Wharfs

# 4 and # 5

1766

NJ Pioneer Navigation Act

Atsion

- Lumberton

- Rancocas Creek

Delaware River Ports & Markets

Canby Collection


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James

Forten

( September

2, 1766 - March 4, 1842

African-

American abolitionist and

wealthy businessman. A native of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was

the prosperous owner of a Port of

Philadelphia sail loft. During

Revolutionary War spent seven

m onths aboard the J ersey British

Navy Prison Hulk without being

sold into slavery. British captain

offered to send Fourteen to

England for an education.

Forten declined, refusing to be a

traitor to his country

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Hessians

Tip of the

Hat to

Mr. T.

Battle

of

Mount

Holly

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Hessians

81

Hessian Fleets Route of Travel

Revolutionary

War

Ochsenfurth

Germany

Portsmouth

England

New York

Harbor

Burlington

New Jersey

March 26, 1777

April 2, 1777

Portsmouth

Rhine River

Inland

Waterway

Main

River

Inland

Waterway

April 8, 1777

March 9, 1777

Staten Island

New York Harbor

Battle of New York

Hessians Landing State Island

15 August 1776

See Battle for

New York

See Battle

Trenton

24 December

1776

Burlington>>>

<<< Mt. Holly

14 August 1776

8,000 Strong Hessians

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Look

Listen

Feel

Revolutionary War

Heritage

Battle of

Iron Works

Hill

December

1776

North Branch

Rancocas Creek

Mount

Holly

Cockpit of the

Revolutionary War

Captain Johann von Ewald

Hessian Military Map (1776)

Burlington

- Mount

Holly - Bordentown

Burlington County Court House

Mt. Holly

First Constructed 1693

Most Popular Kayak Excursions

Mt. Holly to Melpine Landing

Rancocas Creek Water Trail

Revolutionary War Reference to the Rancocas Creek by Hessian Colonel von Donop in

reference

to the Revolutionary War Battle of Mt. Holly (December 22 and

23,

1776)

Battle of Mt. Holly, also known as the Battle of Iron Works Hill

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Map of Rancocas Valley, Rancocas Creek and Mt. Holly

H essian Captain J. Wald – 1776

Ref: NJ State Museum

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Hessians

Loading Ochsenfurt River

3/10/1777

Port

Main River

Hessians Mutiny Over Poor

Barrack Conditions Before

Boarding Barges.

3/27/1777

Main River

Board English Transport

at

Dordrecht

Ships

4/8/1777

River Port

Enter

Open Ocean

3 June 1777

Enter

New York Harbor

Hessians

Sailed in Fleet

of

42 British Naval

Vessels*

Different vsl names

Albion

Greyhound

Henry

Union

Eagle

Rockingham

Charming

Nancy

Lost 3 anchors in a storm

Ran aground

Refloated after storm

S urveyed – Not fit to sail to America

*

One fleet of many

• 1776

- 100 troop transports, 2

men-of-

war; 50 cannon, 4

frigates 36 cannon, 2 fire ships

• 5/6/1777 150 transport ships

escorted by 8 warships to

America

Meals On Board for Every Six Men (differs from ship to ship)

Four

pounds of

zwieback

Bottle of rum or beer daily

On Sunday

O n Monday

T uesday

8 lbs of pork and 2 ladles of peas, ½ lb cheese, 2 lbs

oatmeal, 4 lbs bread

2 lbs of barley, 2 lbs of z wieback,

or

for bread pudding.

½ lb butter, 4/5 lb of Dutch Cheese

2 lbs of beef or 6 lbs of flour, 1 lb of rice

½ pound of salt

W ednesday 2 ladles of peas, 2 lb barley, ½ lb zwieback,

Thursday like on Sunday

Friday like on Wednesday

Saturday like on Tuesday

4 lbs bread, 2 lb oatmeal

rasians, fine wheat flour

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Revolutionary War

Letters

for

Burlington,

Ancocas Creek and Hessians

Ancocas

Creek or

Rancocas

R eferences for letters https://founders.archives.gov/

Creek

Rancocas

Creek Water

Trail

“Wishbone”

Activity Map

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M ount Holly 1900 – Date

Iron Works Park


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North Branch Rancocas Creek

92

M ount Holly – Rancocas

Creek Sawmill-

N Branch Iron Works

Used w Permission

Txs

- HW

Park

Rancocas Creek Maritime

Lumber-

Cordwood

Lime-Sand-Coal-

Farm

Produce-Steel-Forged Iron

Burlington County Lyceum of Science and Natural History

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Industrialization


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N Branch Mt.

Holly

Oxbow Channel

and Mill Race 1922

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350000

June

- 1909

Partial Value of Exports and Imports From Mt. Holly

(Freight via Rancocas Creek *)

300000

250000

200000

150000

100000

50000

0

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* Freight via Boat 4 Rancocas - R ail – Truck: Creek Water .12 cents Trail per Revolutionary 100 poundsWar

* Freight Via Boat: .09 cents per Narrative hundred pounds

Ref:

WS Rendell-Chairman of Mt. Holly Committee on Rancocas Creek Improvement 97s

Sec of War Rancocas Creek Report , New Jersey

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Mount

Holly 1944 B-17 Bomber

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1884

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Such As

This...

Rancocas Creek Tug

Ref: 1893 Annual Report Philadelphia Maritime Exchange

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Education Can Be Fun, Naturally ©

Infographics

Artist Hugh Campbell

Barn and Corn Crib

Hugh Campbell

Artist

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Horsehead Point

106

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May 6, 1957

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Cultivating

Stewardship

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Mount Holly

North Branch Rancocas

Oxbow Channel

Mill

Race

Flood Channel

Creek

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Education Can Be Fun, Naturally

Oxbow Channel

© Infographic:

Ref: USGS Creek Meanders

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Creek

Meanders

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October

2, 1940

at 11:45 AM

Mr. Mark Reynolds, Chair of Mt. Holly, NJ Flood Committee accompanied by

NJ Senators and Representatives

meet w/ President Franklin Roosevelt.

Ref: Pare Lorentz Center, FDR Library

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u sed w permission – 1942

Byers Family

used w permission

tip o that hat 2 ajh

drone by ajh

2017

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EXEMPLARY

Mt. Holly 1941 Flood Bypass Channel

Monroe Street Park - High Tide

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Mount

Holly

Oxbow

Channel

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Mt.

Holly Monroe Street Park

Rancocas State Park Cedar Swamp Run Outflow

Valley

of

the

Rancocas

Creek

Exploring Exploring Historic Historic

Pathways,

Discovering New New Understandings

Rancocas

Pathways

www.rcnwt.com

Ref:

Crawley

1942

Little Rivers of NJ

North Branch Rancocas State Park

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Wood Duck

North Branch Timbuctoo

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Courtesy Kevin L

Enjoy Heritage

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For more information:

John Anderson,

Director

Rancocas

Pathways

Inc.

(501 c3)

Mailing Address

25 B Church Street

Mt. Holly, NJ 08060

609-456-9344

ingvarja@verizon.net

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