History

In 1900, G.W. Lewis addressed the West Vineland Farm and Garden Club in a talk that focused on what it was like growing up in Vineland. Specifically, he discussed 1866, […]

When the Bethlehem Loading Company arrived in Weymouth Township to construct a munitions plant for U.S. efforts in World War I, it’s unlikely anyone suspected South Jersey would be adding

In the late 19th century, D.L. Risley brought his real estate business to Weymouth Township and temporarily detoured the legacy of the Estell family, who had established the settlement of

The death in 1839 of John Estell III, founder of Estellville Glassworks in Weymouth Township, resulted in the business being turned over to his son Daniel. One year later, Daniel’s

In 1687, when John Estell Sr. settled in what would become Weymouth Township, he had no idea the location would eventually be named after his family or that much of

Before dawn on Thursday September 1, 1877, the leisure cruise on the Harry C. that had begun in Cumberland County on the Maurice River two days earlier raised anchor and

For centuries, the Maurice River has served as a means of transportation for sailing vessels carrying passengers and goods to a specified destination, but its use as part of an

When Vineland founder Charles K. Landis visited Egypt in early 1890, he had hoped the country’s climate would improve his health, which it did. But his stay there afforded an