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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «cape may county» AND «new jersey»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 30, 2022
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1 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Middle Township, Cape May Court House — Headstart Program —
Near County Park Road west of North Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west.
Because of the precarious status of their population in New Jersey, the Cape May County Zoo working with the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife and Montclair State University designed a project aimed at reestablishing the salamander back into . . . — — Map (db m209374) HM

2 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Cape May — 2024.A.01 — Historically Black Franklin Street School — New Jersey Black Heritage Trail —
On Franklin Street just east of Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling east.
The struggle for equal educational opportunity for Black students in New Jersey is a centuries-long fight. The Franklin Street School stands as a monument to the centrality of African Americans in the history of Cape May. Due to public pressure to . . . — — Map (db m290318) HM
3 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Middle Township, Cape May Court House — Eastern Tiger Salamanders in New Jersey —
Near County Park Road west of North Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west.
The Eastern Tiger Salamanders presence here in New Jersey is trouble. Once prevalent in many areas of the state, habitat destruction and barriers such as roads and housing developments between ponds had led to genetic isolation of small groups. They . . . — — Map (db m209372) HM

4 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Middle Township, Cape May Court House — Barnegat Sneakbox — (AKA: Duckboat) —
Near U.S. 9.
The Barnegat Sneakbox is a small, lightweight, and versatile type of boat that originated in the Barnegat Bay region of new jersey in the mid-19thcentury. It was initially designed for hunting waterfowl in the bay's shallow water sand marshes. . . . — — Map (db m273384) HM

5 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Middle Township, Cape May Court House — Historic Cape May County Court House —
On North Main Street 0.1 miles south of Church Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Cape May County Court House was completed on this site in 1850 by local master builder/architect, Daniel Hand. Shamgar Hand, his ancestor, had settled on this same site in 1695. Cape May Court House has been the County seat since . . . — — Map (db m103865) HM

6 ► New Jersey, Atlantic County, Somers Point — Getting Around Somers Point —
On Shore Road at George Street on Shore Road.
Due to its location on the water, this area has historically been a transportation hub. In 1717, John Somers, Supervisor of Roads for Cape May County, began work on the Nacote Trail. Now known as Shore Road, it connects Somers Point with Port . . . — — Map (db m64291) HM

7 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Cape May, Lower Township — Historic Cold Spring Village — Women’s Heritage Trail —
On Shore Road (U.S. 9).
Historic Cold Spring Village is an outdoor living history museum that interprets farmwomen’s domestic life in the mid-19th century as part of its activities and exhibits. While men struggled to raise crops and care for animals on the small . . . — — Map (db m92378) HM

8 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Marmora — Rebecca and Sarah Stillwell — Women’s Heritage Trail —
On Harbor Road.
According to local legend, during the Revolutionary War, Rebecca Stillwell Willetts looked out into the Great Egg Harbor Bay from Golden’s Point (now called Beesley’s Point). Looking through her father’s spyglass, she saw that a British sloop had . . . — — Map (db m92392) WM
9 ► New Jersey, Cape May County, Stone Harbor, Middle Township — Our History —
On 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Pizza for the Mack family is a way of life. When Anthony Mackrone, "Tony Mack", took his Trenton, New Jersey tomato pie to the Wildwood boardwalk to open Mack's Pizza in 1953, he took his wife Lena and four children, Duke, Joe, Kitty and Vincent . . . — — Map (db m278292) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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