Written for the Ocean County Decoy & Gunning Show Program Book, these stories cover a variety of topics concerning the Barnegat Bay and surrounding environs.
Please contact us with any additional information you may have on the topics covered in the articles.
Year | Title | Author | Original Source | Story (pdf) |
1985 | Four Months in a Sneak-Box | Bishop, Nathaniel H. | Excerpt from book Four Months in a Sneak-Box | http://bit.ly/1zpp1qq |
1986 | Conterfeit Presentments | N.J.Agricultural Society | Excerpt from book The Past of Rural N.J. | http://bit.ly/1AbHk0h |
1987 | Scaup Ducks To Recognize a Duck When We See One | Kobbe, Gustav | Excerpt from book Kobbe's Jersey Coast and Pines | http://bit.ly/1342GTr |
1988 | A Day with Snipe | B.B. | Excerpt from Forrest and Stream | http://bit.ly/1345hNl |
1988 | Duck Shooting in Barnegat Bay | Warren, T. Robinson | Excerpt from book Shooting and Fishing for Young Sportsmen | http://bit.ly/1344Ylv |
1989 | Snipe Shooting and Fishing in Barnegat Bay | Warren, T. Robinson | Excerpt from book Shooting and Fishing for Young Sportsmen | http://bit.ly/1ukAMYP |
1990 | Barnegat Bay Decoy Museum Aims to Preserve Local History | Ricci, Susan | | http://bit.ly/1vhmpFk |
1990 | Harry Times 3: A Barnegat Bay Tradition | Scully, Paula | | http://bit.ly/1JTSSw9 |
1990 | A Brief History of Atlantic White Cedar in South Jersey | Vorhees, Dan | | http://bit.ly/1vhlTa6 |
1990 | Barnegat Sneakbox | Williams, Anthony | | http://bit.ly/1vhn5KO |
1991 | Looking Forward to Preserving the Past | Leventon, Bill | | http://bit.ly/1vhnTPO |
1991 | Sandy Island Club: Fowl Weather Friends | Scandale, Maria | | http://bit.ly/1vhoyRn |
1991 | Barnegat Bay Field Day: 1991 Show | Scandale, Maria | | http://bit.ly/1H2Ko3e |
1991 | Hurley Conklin: Remembering One of the Last and the Best | Scandale, Maria | | http://bit.ly/1vhnuwD |
1992 | Membership 1992 | | | http://bit.ly/1tmBXNW |
1992 | Musem Dream Becoming Reality | Jersey Shore NewsMagazine | | http://bit.ly/1tmCsY7 |
1992 | 1992 Annual Report | Jersey Shore NewsMagazine | | http://bit.ly/1tmyG0X |
1992 | Some of What is in Store | Jersey Shore NewsMagazine | | http://bit.ly/1tmDXFW |
1992 | Wanted | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1tmEwQ1 |
1992 | Art for Artifacts | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1tmAKWS |
1992 | Museum to House a Treasurer of Traditions | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1tmCZcE |
1992 | Second Auction | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1tmDDaa |
1992 | The Crab Island Menhaden Plant | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2KUhD |
1992 | Dogged Determination | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2LNa0 |
1992 | Jay C. Parker: A Carver and a Gentleman | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2Mlwx |
1992 | Tradition: The Next Generation | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2MEYp |
1992 | A decade of Decoys | Scandale, Maria | | http://bit.ly/1H2LoEB |
1993 | Parkertown's Adam Price: Boat Builder | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2Ngx5 |
1993 | Boatworks Berths Vintage Style 'Cats | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2NOTN |
1993 | Coperthwaite: to Charter Was his Course | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2O9Ws |
1993 | 1993 Annual Report and other museum related items | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1H2OHvq |
1993 | Gunning at Marshelder and Middle Island | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | | http://bit.ly/1tmvKS6 |
1994 | A Jewel in the Crown of Southern New Jersey and other museum items | Benedict, Michael | | http://bit.ly/1H2Pmgw |
1994 | Winners of Last Year's Contest Reveal the Sillful Arts of the Bay | Fasanella, Diana | | http://bit.ly/1tmfjVN |
1994 | A Long Bay Reverie: Bruce Winterbottom | Giberson, Gary | | http://bit.ly/1tmfPDk |
1994 | Bill Cranmer Biography | Gormley, John | | http://bit.ly/1tmcFzu |
1994 | Golden Age of Hunting | Lloyd, John Bailey | | http://bit.ly/1H2OZTc |
1994 | The Tuckerton Wireless | Reddington, Linda | | http://bit.ly/1tmeNHx |
1994 | Port Republic Baymen Carries on the Traditions of his Family | Scala, Gina G. | | http://bit.ly/1H2Qxwu |
1994 | Wooden Boats donated to the Museum | Sudol, Karen | | http://bit.ly/1H2PHjh |
1994 | Making a Living in the Oystering Business | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1H2PUmv |
1994 | Saving Lives Along Our Coast | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1tme5d7 |
1995 | Salt Haying Industry | Lloyd, John Bailey | | http://bit.ly/13Kg7HP |
1995 | Watson "Wasts" Penn: A Great Fisherman with Great Stories to Tell | Mangum, Michael and Oakley, Cliff | | http://bit.ly/1tmrlhX |
1995 | Tucketon Odyssey | Nash, Charles Edgar | Reprinted from Tuckerton Beacon | http://bit.ly/1tmqM7G |
1995 | The Devil, You Say | Reddington, Linda | | http://bit.ly/1tmi5uk |
1995 | Gathering Eelgrass | Reddington, Linda | | http://bit.ly/1tmjjpj |
1995 | The Cutting Edge | Reddington, Linda | | http://bit.ly/1tmh2KO |
1995 | Governor Pledges Support | Scala, Gina G. | | http://bit.ly/1tmkAg7 |
1995 | The Cynthia Returns to Barnegat Bay | The Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1tmhyIH |
1995 | 1995 Fishing Tournament | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1tmiJb8 |
1995 | Bird of the Year 1995 - American Widgeon | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1AeuMYy |
1995 | Harry Shourds Display | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/13KdV3d |
1995 | By Gone Days of Life in Pakertown | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/13Kf9eL |
1995 | Billboard and visit museum | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/13KenOI |
1995 | A Delicate Balance | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1tmgwfN |
1995 | A Nostalgic View of Tuckerton Creek | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1tmqbD7 |
1995 | Museum Dreams 1995 | Times Beacon Newspapers | | http://bit.ly/1teDdwO |
1995 | Oystering Investigation: Early Years | Waller & Woodward | Excerpts from Agricultural Station 1880 - 1930 | http://bit.ly/13KeBWj |
1996 | The Tuckerton Seaport: A Maritime Cultural Experience | | | http://bit.ly/1wgF2wI |
1996 | Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen's Museum: Our History | Gormley, John | | http://bit.ly/1yPNUeN |
1996 | Heinrichs' Boat Works | Heinrichs, Recollections of Bob | | http://bit.ly/1yPPYU6 |
1996 | The Pine Barrens Jamboree Down Home Melodies and Memories | Hoey, Lillian | | http://bit.ly/1yPR3Ly |
1996 | Captain Edward Nathaniel "Socks" Heinrichs 1870-1958 | Hollway, Majorie Heinrichs | | http://bit.ly/1yPP7CR |
1996 | Captain Samuel Forman Perrine Jr. | Lloyd, John Bailey | | http://bit.ly/1yPPqxr |
1996 | The Story of Old Wells Mill | Mangum, Michael T. | | http://bit.ly/1wgEBT6 |
1996 | Barnegat Bay National Estuary & Tuckerton Seaport | Raabe, Christine and O'Leary, Terry | | http://bit.ly/1yPOnOc |
1996 | The Wrecked Lady: A Thrilling Narrative, Shipwreck and Suffering | Reddington, Linda | | http://bit.ly/1wgFoDj |
1996 | 1996 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | | http://bit.ly/1Aev81j |
1997 | Fesnel lens | | | http://bit.ly/1x2fAxC |
1997 | The King Gander of Dog Sea Shoal | Ford, Sewell | | http://bit.ly/1x2gSZE |
1997 | Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen's Museum: Our Story | Gormley, John | | http://bit.ly/1x2eAJX |
1997 | Barnegat Bay is All Sport | Kobbe, Gustav | Excerpt from book the Jersey Coast and Pines | http://bit.ly/1x2ffeA |
1997 | Tuckerton Seaport Feature Building: Corinthian Yacht & Gun Club | Lloyd, John Bailey | | http://bit.ly/1x2kD17 |
1997 | Tuckerton Seaport Evolution | O'Leary, Terry | | http://bit.ly/1x2hcaL |
1997 | The Jersey Shoreman | Ward, James P. | | http://bit.ly/1x2fZAp |
1997 | The Jersey Pirates | Ward, James P. | | http://bit.ly/1x2gtGv |
1997 | 1997 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | | http://bit.ly/1Aevghr |
1998 | Bird of the Year - 1998 - Wood Duck | | | http://bit.ly/1AeAlq7 |
1998 | Tucker's Island Lighthouse | | | http://bit.ly/1x2pvDA |
1998 | The Sword Family Eelgrass Industry | Anderson, Andrew J. | | http://bit.ly/1x2pjUW |
1998 | Eno's Riverside Hotel and Eno's Pond | Landrum, Mahala | | http://bit.ly/1x2oZ8B |
1998 | Duck Shooting at Forty Arce | Watson, Harold J. | | http://bit.ly/1x2oEmj |
1998 | 1998 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | | http://bit.ly/1Aevq8p |
1999 | Bird of the Year - 1999 - Bufflehead | | | http://bit.ly/1AeADxc |
1999 | Jersey Shore Regional Folklife Center | | | http://bit.ly/1zQh8sl |
1999 | Oysters and Clams in Ocean County | | | http://bit.ly/1zQhlM5 |
1999 | The Wreck of the Betsey | | Story research- David DeVerter, Bass River Twp. Library History Committee | http://bit.ly/1zQicfH |
1999 | The Bridge | Adams, Burrel H. | | http://bit.ly/1zQhEqj |
1999 | Whaling Off Island Beach | Anderson, Andrew J. & D. Gail Anderson | | http://bit.ly/1DbZzbY |
1999 | A Manahawkin Legend Uncle Rube | Spodofora, John F. | | http://bit.ly/1zQgScM |
1999 | A Man Called Joe | Steele, Almira Cramer | | http://bit.ly/1zQgiM5 |
1999 | 1999 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | | http://bit.ly/1AevFjZ |
2000 | Bird of the Year - 2000 - Northern Shoveler | | | http://bit.ly/1AeAR7w |
2000 | We Will Not Forget - 2000 | | | http://bit.ly/1AewdWV |
2000 | Baymen of the Barnegat The Unforgettable Charlie Ridgeway | Launer, Donald M. | | http://bit.ly/1yzfez7 |
2000 | The Jersey Coast | Roosevelt, Robert R. | Excerpt from book The Game Birds of the Coast and Lake of the Northern States of America | http://bit.ly/1AFOgDf |
2000 | Spirit of the Bay | Sutton, Earl | Speech given by Earl Sutton | http://bit.ly/1yzgbr5 |
2000 | Duck Shooting in the Barnegat Bay | Warren, T Robinson | | http://bit.ly/1yzfT3H |
2000 | 2000 Decoys Decoys Decoys | Williams. Bruce | | http://bit.ly/1AevQfc |
2001 | We will not forget 2001 | | | http://bit.ly/1AewqJZ |
2001 | Bird of the Year 2001 Ruddy Duck | | | http://bit.ly/1AeB1eX |
2001 | Reuben Tucker's Disappearing Investment | Gormley, John; Robinson, Malcolm; Sencindiver, Joanne | Additional authors: Carrollanne Shepard, Shirley J. Wealton | http://bit.ly/1AFQUsJ |
2001 | The george Robert Goertz Story | Hoey-Gomez, Lillian | | http://bit.ly/1yzovqR |
2001 | Harry's Last Storm | Klump, Chris | | http://bit.ly/1yzlV48 |
2001 | The Wrong way to Roast a Pig | McLain, Pete | | http://bit.ly/1yzoWS8 |
2001 | Shorebird Shooting on Sheepshead Flats | Tread Easy | | http://bit.ly/1yzocwq |
2001 | 2001 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | | http://bit.ly/1Aew1qN |
2002 | Bird of the Year 2002 Blue Winged Teal | | | http://bit.ly/1AeB5LG |
2002 | We will not Forget 2002 | | | http://bit.ly/1Aeyodl |
2002 | The Great Mosquito Bite-Off | McLain, Pete | | http://bit.ly/1C0hSMZ |
2002 | Andy Brown:Guide and Market Gunner | Morton, Richard | | http://bit.ly/1C0ikuI |
2002 | John M. Warton | Morton, Richard | | http://bit.ly/1C0i8LK |
2003 | Bird of the Year 2003 Hooded Merganser | | | http://bit.ly/1AeBiyt |
2003 | Charles Hankins, Noted Boat Builder | Bennett, Don | | http://bit.ly/1wGgb6V |
2003 | Along the Mullica River | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1wGgeQd |
2003 | Boatbuilding in Barnegat, New Jersey | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1wGgdeX |
2003 | Vincent Giannetto III from Jersey Waters to the White House | Giannetto, David F. | | http://bit.ly/13z7jFe |
2003 | Just Folks | Guest, Edgar A. | | http://bit.ly/1wGf9aV |
2003 | This is No Bull | McLain, Pete | | http://bit.ly/13z79hj |
2003 | The Jersey Coast | Roosevelt, Robert B. | Condensed from The Game Birds of the Coasts and Water of the Northern States of America | http://bit.ly/1sGqgkB |
2004 | Bird of the Year 2004 Mallard | | | http://bit.ly/1AeBpu4 |
2004 | Oystering in New Jersey | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1C0fuWm |
2004 | From Sail to Motor | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1AqdPs4 |
2004 | Old and New- New Jery's Atlantic City Inlet Area | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1AqbpJY |
2004 | Ocean County as an Ideal Gunning and Fishing Center | Gun, Russ T. | Reprint Ocean County Magazine 1936 | http://bit.ly/1Aqe7PC |
2004 | Atlantic White Cedar | O'Leary, Terry | | http://bit.ly/1Aqeiuj |
2004 | Long Billed Curlew Pays a Visit to Robert J. Miller Airpark | Tread Easy | | http://bit.ly/1yzuHiA |
2005 | The Baymen | | Reprint from The Beacon January 7, 1971 | http://bit.ly/1Aq8sJF |
2005 | Bird of the Year 2005 Scaup | | | http://bit.ly/1AeBzS0 |
2005 | Houseboats Along the Jersey Coast | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq9cyh |
2005 | Life Along the Crik | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq901W |
2005 | Rail Birding in South Jersey | Drummond, Shelly | | http://bit.ly/1Aq8GR1 |
2006 | Bird of the Year 2006 Green-Winged Teal | | | http://bit.ly/1AeBL3G |
2006 | Clams, Cans and Campbell's | Rizzo, Mary & Stewart, Jaclyn | | http://bit.ly/12QM0xG |
2006 | Decoy Carvers Pass on Their NJ Style | Stewart, Jaclyn | | http://bit.ly/1Aq7vki |
2006 | The Sedgehopper Goose Shoot | Tread Easy | | http://bit.ly/1Aq7eOx |
2007 | A Passion for the Barnegat Bay Waterfowling Heritage | | | http://bit.ly/1vHjZQb |
2007 | 25 Years of History | | | http://bit.ly/1BYBPUj |
2007 | Bird of the Year 2007 Red Breasted Merganser | | | http://bit.ly/1A65fiV |
2007 | Sneakboxes Can They Really Multiply | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq6x7V |
2007 | On Target | D'Agostino, Bucky | | http://bit.ly/1Aq6Ijj |
2008 | Bird of the Year 2008 Northern Pintail | | | http://bit.ly/1AeC92d |
2008 | We will not Forget 2008 | | | http://bit.ly/1Aeyxxn |
2008 | Salt Hay and Eel Grass Time in New Jersey | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq4JeX |
2008 | The Old Fish Factory | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq4e4K |
2008 | 14' Sneakbox Bullfrog | Heilman, Wesley M. III | | http://bit.ly/1Aq68C8 |
2009 | Bird of the Year 2009 Long-Tailed Duck | | | http://bit.ly/1AeCh1L |
2009 | One of Those Days | McLain, Pete | | http://bit.ly/1Aq3Ov8 |
2010 | Bird of the Year 2010 American Black Duck | | | http://bit.ly/1AeCn9L |
2010 | We will not Forget 2010 | | | http://bit.ly/1AeyL7y |
2010 | Little Beach Island | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq3lJt |
2010 | The Real Jersey Devil | Lesser, Fred | | http://bit.ly/1Aq2YOZ |
2011 | Bird of the Year 2011 Common Goldeneye | | | http://bit.ly/1AeCAtp |
2011 | The Old Coast Guard Station The New Rutgers Universitry Marine Field Station | Able, Kenneth W. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq298G |
2011 | The Mystery Sneakbox | Coyle, Gretchen F. | | http://bit.ly/1Aq2BUH |
2012 | Bird of the Year 2012 American Wigeon | | | http://bit.ly/1A65uKW |
2012 | Youth Carvers Club at the Tuckerton Seaport | | | http://bit.ly/1AiBQDz |
2012 | The Research Barge Cynthia and Early Studies Near Tuckerton | Able, Kenneth | | http://bit.ly/1AiAQ2p |
2012 | Four Months in A Sneak-Box | Bishop, Nathaniel H. | Reprinted from 1985 show program | http://bit.ly/1AiB5uk |
2012 | What is a Yelper | Mangum, Mike | Reprinted from 1990 | http://bit.ly/1AiBigV |
2012 | Counterfeit Presentments | NJ Agricultural Society | Reprint 1986 Program | http://bit.ly/1AiBsVQ |
2012 | Scaup Ducks | The Guide to nature 1914 | Reprint from 1987 Program | http://bit.ly/1AiBEEr |
2013 | Bird of the Year 2013 Canvasback | | | http://bit.ly/1A65Q4q |
2013 | What's that Stone? Or A Stone by Any Other Name.... | | | http://bit.ly/1wLSDfC |
2013 | Charcoal was an Early Product of the Pine Barrens | Wilson, J.G. | Reprint from Basto Citizen Gazzette 1987 | http://bit.ly/1wLSdpJ |
2014 | Bird of the Year 2014 Wood Duck | | | http://bit.ly/1AeCMZR |
2014 | Hotel Bivalve & the Early Days of Rutgers Universe Research Near Tuckerton | Able, Kenneth W. | | http://bit.ly/1xrqo8L |
2014 | Memories of an Environmental HeroPaul D. "Pete" Mclain | Auermiller, Lisa & Korotky, Pat | | http://bit.ly/1xrqtcx |
2014 | In Memory of Wanda Parsons "Parsons Seafood" | Ford, Victoria | Excerpt from Decoy & Gunning Show program | http://bit.ly/1xrqrBH |
2015 | Bird of the Year 2015 Ring-necked Duck | | | http://bit.ly/1JJCdI8 |
2015 | Tuckerton Seaport's Youth Carving Club | | | http://bit.ly/1NKwUPq |
2015 | The MullicaRiver Great Bay is a Unique Estuary | | | http://bit.ly/1NKxzjV |
2016 | Carl Adams and the Modern Boat Works | | reprinted with permission from NJ Dept. of Trans. Cultural Digest, April 2008 | http://bit.ly/2aKeY8r |
2016 | Bird of the Year The Atlantic Brant: Branta bernicla | | | http://bit.ly/2eh0z6h |
2016 | Menhaden in the Mullica Valley | Kenneth W. Able | Rutgers University Marine Field Station | http://bit.ly/2dD0hsi |
2016 | Carl Adams and the Modern Boat Works | The NJ Department of Transportation Cultural Resource Digest, april 2008 | Excerpts reprinted | http://bit.ly/2dCVEP2 |
2017 | Decoy Show Pin | | | http://bit.ly/2xLhVUr |
2017 | Tuckerton Seaport's Youth Carving Club | | | http://bit.ly/2xKM3iS |
2017 | The View from the Great Bay Boulevard: A Path from the Past to the Future | Able, Kenneth W. | Rutgers University Marine Field Station | http://bit.ly/2xOydfn |
2017 | 1879 Four Months in a Sneak- Box | Bishop, Nathaniel H. | | http://bit.ly/2fueYwL |
2017 | Hurley Conklin Award Winners | Ford, Victoria | | http://bit.ly/2fyxm7G |
2017 | Bird of the Year 2017 | Gadwell : Anas strepera | | http://bit.ly/2fvx6q0 |
2017 | Show print: Gadwell Trio | Painted by Leslie, Rob | | http://bit.ly/2ftAQIz |
2018 | Decoy Show Pin | | | http://bit.ly/2ImYC6u |
2018 | River Herring: South Jersey's Salmon | Kenneth W. Able | Rutgers University Marine Field Station | http://bit.ly/2Qd3q0T |
2018 | Bird of the Year 2018 | Redhead Duck: Aythya americana | | http://bit.ly/2Qh1c0x |
2018 | Show print: Redheads Over the Inlet | Rob Leslie | | http://bit.ly/2NRnBoB |
2019 | Decoy Show Pin | | | http://bit.ly/2mmfrrc |
2019 | Show Print | | | http://bit.ly/2lbsfRb |
2019 | History of Some Salt Meadow Alterations in the Mullica Valley: Insights into the Future? | Kenneth W. Able | Rutgers University Marine Field School | http://bit.ly/2lUHDli |
2019 | Bird of the Year | The Northern Shoveler: Spatula clypeata | | http://bit.ly/2m4kjS1 |
2019 | Hurley Conklin Award Winners | Victoria Ford, Joe Rizzo & German Georgieff | | http://bit.ly/2nCXXrh |
2020 | Decoy & Gunning Show Pins | | | https://bit.ly/32MExSW |
2020 | Hurley Conklin Awards | | | https://bit.ly/2EjD8JZ |
2020 | 2020 Old Time Decoy & Gunning Show Will Carry On - In Cyberspace | | | https://bit.ly/2FRfhlA |
2020 | History of Decoy & Gunning Show | | | https://bit.ly/3kHx4e5 |
2020 | Old Time Decoy & Gunning Show Covers through the Years | | | https://bit.ly/33LunRL |