. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . s the station i>i thenewly built Camden and Atlantic R. R. was located at what is now calledDa Costa, named from John C. Da Costa, one of the early Directors and after-wards President of the road, and the land ofifice of Byrnes and Landis was inthe Old Coiifin Mansion, at the lake, part of which was built in iSu. and whichstill stands on the right hand of the road as it crosses the dam. The old companystore stood between the house and the lake, backed
. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . s the station i>i thenewly built Camden and Atlantic R. R. was located at what is now calledDa Costa, named from John C. Da Costa, one of the early Directors and after-wards President of the road, and the land ofifice of Byrnes and Landis was inthe Old Coiifin Mansion, at the lake, part of which was built in iSu. and whichstill stands on the right hand of the road as it crosses the dam. The old companystore stood between the house and the lake, backed by a beautiful grove of statelyoaks, where the village lads and maidens picknicked under their spreading bough,-,and celebrated with the older generations the Nations birthday. HI .■iM^jPwppi PMHpi^K^ -i* -■.S HAMMONTON LAKE. For miles around the natives came to the old store to purchase provender,to swap stories and to fish for pickerel and catfish along the shore of the pond. DR. JOSEPH H. NORTH. SR. Ill MAMMON and l)(.lu\\ tlu- (lain, llcri- tarried llic towering; loads cut from iho saltiiiarslies near the crest and scowcd up the .MiiUica to Ileasant Mills. Herestopped the clam and fish vender, whose melodious voice waked the echoes ofman\ a silent lane from Ahsecon to Caiuden, and once alontj- and over the littlestream the colonial forces passed to Ihestnut Xeck. there the old sta,L;e ran. Saturday, and hack aj^ain Thursdays antl Mondays, and this was the tirst mailroute of the early days, and from the old store the mail was delivered as late as1859. Captain Kiml)all and his staj;e-coach are within my recollections, oldJudg-e Iorter and his famous Macks have not ]i;issed from m\ nienior\. ;ind theold family carriage of the Richards of hea\ \ and . is noi fori^otten.
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