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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
At SHACKS CORNER, 10.2 miles, is the junction with a graded dirt
road.
Left on this road to a graveled highway; R. on this highway to OUR HOUSE
TAVERN (R), 2.5 miles (open), an old inn said to have been built in 1684. It is a
rambling structure built around a two-room section that was the original tavern
One step leads from the road to the broad porch, shaded by three great old trees
Wide lawns adjoin the building; flowering plants are in window boxes. Tradition
is that a notorious leader of the pine robbers, named Fenton, was found at the
by Monmouth County militiamen during the Revolution. Fenton, responsible for
many killings, was promptly shot; his body was taken to Freehold and hung from
tree near the courthouse as a warning to outlaws. Another pine robber is said
have lived in a nearby dugout known as Fagin's Cave, which remains as a shallow
depression in a dense thicket on the farm of George Patterson, 1 mile south of the
tavern. Many treasure-hunting parties have combed this area, trying to find plunder
supposed to have been buried by the outlaws. The tavern, once an important stage
stop, has served as meeting place for courts, election boards, the township committee,
and country dancers.
Scattered farms on a broad, flat area are encircled by woodland. A small
stream seems appropriately named Killtime Brook.
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