Table of Contents

 

I. INTRODUCTION

 

II. PREHISTORIC OVERVIEW

 

III. PRE-EUROPEAN CULTURES

 

IV. EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY

 

V. LATER DEVELOPMENT

    A. Inlets

    B. Maritime Uses

    C. Lumbering and Sawmills

    D. Charcoal Manufacture

    E. Bog Iron Manufacture

    F. Cranberry and Blueberry Cultivation

    G. Salt Hay Harvesting

    H. Eelgrass Harvesting

    I. Moss Harvesting

    J. Resource Extraction

    K. Hunting

    L. Bay Fishing and Shellfishing

    M. Salt Works

    N. Forest Fires

 

VI. CHANGES THROUGH THE CENTURIES

    A. 17th Century

    B. 18th Century

    C. 19th Century

    1. Lower (Southern) Bay Lifestyles - Toms River to Tuckerton

    2. Upper Bay (Northern) Lifestyles - Bay Head to Toms River

    3. Growth of Recreational Tourism

    D. 20th Century

    1. Early 20th Century Hunting

    2. 20th Century Fishing and Shellfishing

    3. Point Pleasant Canal

    4. Boating and Sailing

    5. Chicken Farming

    6. Modern Tourism

 

Literature Cited

 

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