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Braddocks Folly

 
 
Braddocks Folly Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, November 28, 2014
1. Braddocks Folly Marker
Inscription. Site of first successful attempt to raise cultivated cranberries, in 1850 by William R. Braddock in Sordan's Meadow nearby.
 
Erected by Indian Mills Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.
 
Location. 39° 47.868′ N, 74° 46.716′ W. Marker is in Dellette, New Jersey, in Burlington County. It is on Atsion Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vincentown NJ 08088, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s South Jersey, in the Pine Barrens, and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dellett (approx. half a mile away); Treaty Tree (approx. 1.1 miles away); Red Men's Hall (approx. 1.2 miles away); Meeting House (approx. 1.7 miles away); Brainerd (approx. 1.7 miles away); Sawmill (approx. 1.7 miles away); First Fire Station (approx. 1.8 miles away); Country Store (approx. 1.8 miles away).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 637 times since then and 28 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on December 8, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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