Batsto Village: Jewel of the Pines

by Barbara Solem, Horner D. photographer

Overview

The story of Batsto, an early iron town and glassworks at the heart of southern New Jersey's Pine Barrens, is unique in American history. From its modest beginnings as a sawmill in the 1760s, Batsto grew into a thriving industrial community through the Revolutionary War years and beyond, its fortunes rising and falling for two centuries as a succession of owners and speculators brought their visions and schemes to bear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940091983
Publisher:	Plexus Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Author Barbara Solem has an undergraduate degree in psychology from the College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College). She has completed graduate work in education administration and has been a special education teacher, a trainer, a principal, and an administrator. A popular Pine Barrens speaker and resident of Shamong, New Jersey, Barbara is the author of two previous Plexus books: The Forks: A Brief History of the Area and Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. She is a member of the Batsto Citizens Committee, Inc. and a tour guide at the Atsion Mansion.

What People are Saying About This

Bud Wilson

Barbara Solem is a persistent researcher with a knack for bringing history alive. It's surprising that it's taken this long for someone to finally pen the story of Batsto Village, but in this author's capable hands, I can honestly say it was worth the wait. --Budd Wilson, historical archaeologist