Okay. We're off with a few comments. Some friends from C.C.'s site left some yesterday. Be forewarned. I get a bit lazy on weekends and if I take a vacation day from work and don't get to the blog all the time. I will have to try to get better at that.
It will be interesting to see when and if we are DF'd here. I haven't set up a site meter or anything like that. I don't get e-mails every time a coment is posted and am not worried about too many comments as of yet. The trolls don't rule here!
Today's place to visit was suggested by Dennis. He informed me that Medford Lakes, NJ is the largest log cabin community east of the Mississippi. I have ideas from the comments for the next places to visit. Lois asked me to do more on Wyoming. I have done Thermopolis but will have to look up more.
The photos of Medford Lakes that are attached are of the "Angels on the Lake," some homes on the lakeside, and a nice sunbeam reflected from the surface of Lake Wauwauskashe.
Medford Lakes is a Borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 4,173.
Medford Lakes was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 17, 1939, from portions of Medford Township.
Medford Lakes was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 17, 1939, from portions of Medford Township.
Historically, Medford Lakes has a rich heritage. During the American Revolutionary War, the Aetna Furnace made a local contribution to the war effort through the manufacture of cannon balls. Also a part of the industrial life of what is now Medford Lakes was the saw and grist mill erected by John Haines.
Medford Lakes started as a resort with a unique concept, all construction would be made of logs. Shiploads of cedar logs were imported and craftsmen fashioned them into palatial homes. Inside and out, the walls were of solid log. Some of the logs had their bark scraped off while other logs were used bark and all. Cedar, being a porous wood, is an excellent insulator so the cabins were cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The resort enjoyed an extended season because the big stone fireplaces could heat the rustic houses even in the chilliest weather. The Medford Lakes Development Company was formed in 1927, and in 1928 the Colony Club Pavilion was built by Colonists on ground donated by the Development Company.
Medford Lakes Borough was established as an independent municipality in 1939.
Medford Lakes was heavily damaged on July 12, 2004, during a day which saw 12 inches (300 mm) of rain fall over a 14-hour period. The heavy rain caused a series of dam breaks and breaches in the surrounding areas of Southern New Jersey. The flooding in Medford Lakes was precipitated by the destruction of a dam within Camp Ockanickon, a YMCA camp to the South. This caused the swelling of Upper Aetna Lake and the destruction of the Upper Aetna Dam. The collapse of the Upper Aetna Dam then caused Lower Aetna Lake to swell, which in turn destroyed the Lower Aetna Dam. The failed dams are being replaced with plans to fill the lakes by the spring of 2007. Although this tragedy caused the loss of two large lakes, Medford Lakes still retains its remaining 19 lakes. On August 29, 2007, Beach 1, on the North end of Lower Aetna lake reopened to the public. And on September 6, 2007, the Lower Aetna dam was officially reopened with a ribbon cutting attended by local officials and students riding their bikes for the first day of school.
Medford Lakes started as a resort with a unique concept, all construction would be made of logs. Shiploads of cedar logs were imported and craftsmen fashioned them into palatial homes. Inside and out, the walls were of solid log. Some of the logs had their bark scraped off while other logs were used bark and all. Cedar, being a porous wood, is an excellent insulator so the cabins were cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The resort enjoyed an extended season because the big stone fireplaces could heat the rustic houses even in the chilliest weather. The Medford Lakes Development Company was formed in 1927, and in 1928 the Colony Club Pavilion was built by Colonists on ground donated by the Development Company.
Medford Lakes Borough was established as an independent municipality in 1939.
Medford Lakes was heavily damaged on July 12, 2004, during a day which saw 12 inches (300 mm) of rain fall over a 14-hour period. The heavy rain caused a series of dam breaks and breaches in the surrounding areas of Southern New Jersey. The flooding in Medford Lakes was precipitated by the destruction of a dam within Camp Ockanickon, a YMCA camp to the South. This caused the swelling of Upper Aetna Lake and the destruction of the Upper Aetna Dam. The collapse of the Upper Aetna Dam then caused Lower Aetna Lake to swell, which in turn destroyed the Lower Aetna Dam. The failed dams are being replaced with plans to fill the lakes by the spring of 2007. Although this tragedy caused the loss of two large lakes, Medford Lakes still retains its remaining 19 lakes. On August 29, 2007, Beach 1, on the North end of Lower Aetna lake reopened to the public. And on September 6, 2007, the Lower Aetna dam was officially reopened with a ribbon cutting attended by local officials and students riding their bikes for the first day of school.
Today's Jumble (8/4/08):
NELLK = KNELL; CRAID = ACRID; LUWANT = WALNUT; LIKALA = ALKALI
CIRCLED LETTERS = KECIWANALK
How the baker won the election.
"IN (A) CAKEWALK"
Today is Champagne Day, Chocolate Chip Day, and Coast Guard Day.
Other things on this day in history:
70 - The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
1265 - Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham - The army of Prince Edward (future Edward I of England) defeated the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester; killing de Montfort and many of his allies. (This is sometimes considered the end of the age of chivalry in England.)
1578 - Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir - Moroccans defeat Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
1693 - Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne.
1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar captured by English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
1789 - In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
1790 - A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
1791 - The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
1821 - Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
1824 - Battle of Kos fought between Turks and Greeks.
1854 - The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1873 - Indian Wars: Whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clash for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed).
1892 - The family of Lizzie Borden is found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
1902 - Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
1906 - Central Railway Station, Sydney opens.
1914 - World War I: Germany invades Belgium; in response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States proclaims neutrality.
1916 - World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
1924 - The diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union were established.
1936 - Greek General Ioannis Metaxas, leader of the 4th of August Regime, suspends parliament and the Constitution and declares himself dictator.
1944 - Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family.
1946 - 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake - earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 killed, 20,000 left homeless.
1947 - The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
1954 - Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Hafeez Jullundhry and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
1964 - American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1964 - Vietnam War: United States destroyers USS Maddox and USS C. Turner Joy report coming attack in the Gulf of Tonkin. The destroyers open fire at what they believed were Vietnam People's Army torpedo boats, although subsequent work has raised doubts the targets were real. This engagement became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
1969 - Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, U.S. representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
1975 - The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages included the U.S. consul and the Swedish charge d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
1977 - US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
1984 - The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
1991 - The Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
1993 - A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
1995 - Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
1997 - 185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.
2002 - Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
2005 - Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th — and first black — Governor General.
2006 - Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and was replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who was sworn in on 23 August.
2007 - NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched.
1265 - Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham - The army of Prince Edward (future Edward I of England) defeated the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester; killing de Montfort and many of his allies. (This is sometimes considered the end of the age of chivalry in England.)
1578 - Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir - Moroccans defeat Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
1693 - Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne.
1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar captured by English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
1789 - In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
1790 - A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
1791 - The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
1821 - Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
1824 - Battle of Kos fought between Turks and Greeks.
1854 - The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1873 - Indian Wars: Whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clash for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed).
1892 - The family of Lizzie Borden is found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
1902 - Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
1906 - Central Railway Station, Sydney opens.
1914 - World War I: Germany invades Belgium; in response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States proclaims neutrality.
1916 - World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
1924 - The diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union were established.
1936 - Greek General Ioannis Metaxas, leader of the 4th of August Regime, suspends parliament and the Constitution and declares himself dictator.
1944 - Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family.
1946 - 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake - earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 killed, 20,000 left homeless.
1947 - The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
1954 - Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Hafeez Jullundhry and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
1964 - American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1964 - Vietnam War: United States destroyers USS Maddox and USS C. Turner Joy report coming attack in the Gulf of Tonkin. The destroyers open fire at what they believed were Vietnam People's Army torpedo boats, although subsequent work has raised doubts the targets were real. This engagement became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
1969 - Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, U.S. representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
1975 - The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages included the U.S. consul and the Swedish charge d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
1977 - US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
1984 - The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
1991 - The Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
1993 - A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
1995 - Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
1997 - 185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.
2002 - Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
2005 - Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th — and first black — Governor General.
2006 - Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and was replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who was sworn in on 23 August.
2007 - NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched.
2 comments:
Hey drdad, thanks for the Medford Lakes shout out - very familiar pictures.
As I said in a previous post, you've created a great blog - keep up the good work. I plan on checking in regularly.
Yes, very familiar pictures indeed (especially considering my wife took them). We have thousands of post-card quality photo's - each are breathtaking. As a Resident ("Laker") and firm lover of the Lakes, I can say, this is one of the best places on earth. While I've uploaded serveral pics on www.city-data.com, I also have some more on my own "tribute" page to my beloved Medford Lakes @ www.medford-lakes.com. ENJOY!
BTW, Mr. Dad - How did you like you visit? Make sure to tell us about it... I'm sure its hard to narrow down, but what was your favorite part?
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