Date: Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Time: 1:00pm-9:00pm
This excursion was an extension of our Chatsworth, NJ trip. We needed some other things to fill in the void of time we had available.
The Carranza Memorial
Down Carranza Road in Tabernacle, NJ we found the Carranza Memorial. Emilio Carranza was a Mexican pilot who crashed at this location in 1928 while trying to make the first non-stop flight from New York to Mexico City. In Mexico, he was hailed as a hero. The children in Mexico donated most of what they had to establish the monument in his name. We found that there was an Aztec Eagle carved into the stone, along with footprints which symbolized his "final touchdown." It was a quiet place, with only a few campers in the distance, not to mention two state troopers doing fishtails in their cruisers.
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Friendship, NJ
As we went down Carranza Road, we realized there was more than just the monument to see. Farther down, maybe a mile or so, the road turns into a dirt trail (commonly found in the Pine Barrens). It opens up into a wide open field. There we found cellar holes, varying in size, scattered throughout the area. One belonged to the sawmill that used to be the heart of the town, the others were presumably houses. It was neat to see, it was nothing more than that, but added to the trip.
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