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 |
1985 | Four Months in a Sneak-Box | Bishop, Nathaniel H. | Excerpt from book Four Months in a Sneak-Box |
1986 | Conterfeit Presentments | N.J.Agricultural Society | Excerpt from book The Past of Rural N.J. |
1987 | Scaup Ducks To Recognize a Duck When We See One | Kobbe, Gustav | Excerpt from book Kobbe's Jersey Coast and Pines |
1988 | A Day with Snipe | B.B. | Excerpt from Forrest and Stream |
1988 | Duck Shooting in Barnegat Bay | Warren, T. Robinson | Excerpt from book Shooting and Fishing for Young Sportsmen |
1989 | Snipe Shooting and Fishing in Barnegat Bay | Warren, T. Robinson | Excerpt from book Shooting and Fishing for Young Sportsmen |
1990 | Barnegat Bay Decoy Museum Aims to Preserve Local History | Ricci, Susan | |
1990 | Harry Times 3: A Barnegat Bay Tradition | Scully, Paula | |
1990 | A Brief History of Atlantic White Cedar in South Jersey | Vorhees, Dan | |
1990 | Barnegat Sneakbox | Williams, Anthony | |
1991 | Looking Forward to Preserving the Past | Leventon, Bill | |
1991 | Sandy Island Club: Fowl Weather Friends | Scandale, Maria | |
1991 | Barnegat Bay Field Day: 1991 Show | Scandale, Maria | |
1991 | Hurley Conklin: Remembering One of the Last and the Best | Scandale, Maria | |
1992 | Membership 1992 | | |
1992 | Musem Dream Becoming Reality | Jersey Shore NewsMagazine | |
1992 | 1992 Annual Report | Jersey Shore NewsMagazine | |
1992 | Some of What is in Store | Jersey Shore NewsMagazine | |
1992 | Wanted | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | Art for Artifacts | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | Museum to House a Treasurer of Traditions | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | Second Auction | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | The Crab Island Menhaden Plant | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | Dogged Determination | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | Jay C. Parker: A Carver and a Gentleman | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | Tradition: The Next Generation | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1992 | A decade of Decoys | Scandale, Maria | |
1993 | Parkertown's Adam Price: Boat Builder | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1993 | Boatworks Berths Vintage Style 'Cats | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1993 | Coperthwaite: to Charter Was his Course | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1993 | 1993 Annual Report and other museum related items | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1993 | Gunning at Marshelder and Middle Island | Jersey Shore NewsMagazines | |
1994 | A Jewel in the Crown of Southern New Jersey and other museum items | Benedict, Michael | |
1994 | Winners of Last Year's Contest Reveal the Sillful Arts of the Bay | Fasanella, Diana | |
1994 | A Long Bay Reverie: Bruce Winterbottom | Giberson, Gary | |
1994 | Bill Cranmer Biography | Gormley, John | |
1994 | Golden Age of Hunting | Lloyd, John Bailey | |
1994 | The Tuckerton Wireless | Reddington, Linda | |
1994 | Port Republic Baymen Carries on the Traditions of his Family | Scala, Gina G. | |
1994 | Wooden Boats donated to the Museum | Sudol, Karen | |
1994 | Making a Living in the Oystering Business | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1994 | Saving Lives Along Our Coast | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | Salt Haying Industry | Lloyd, John Bailey | |
1995 | Watson "Wasts" Penn: A Great Fisherman with Great Stories to Tell | Mangum, Michael and Oakley, Cliff | |
1995 | Tucketon Odyssey | Nash, Charles Edgar | Reprinted from Tuckerton Beacon |
1995 | The Devil, You Say | Reddington, Linda | |
1995 | Gathering Eelgrass | Reddington, Linda | |
1995 | The Cutting Edge | Reddington, Linda | |
1995 | Governor Pledges Support | Scala, Gina G. | |
1995 | The Cynthia Returns to Barnegat Bay | The Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | 1995 Fishing Tournament | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | Bird of the Year American Widgeon | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | Harry Shourds Display | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | By Gone Days of Life in Pakertown | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | Billboard and visit museum | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | A Delicate Balance | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | A Nostalgic View of Tuckerton Creek | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | Museum Dreams 1995 | Times Beacon Newspapers | |
1995 | Oystering Investigation: Early Years | Waller & Woodward | Excerpts from Agricultural Station 1880 - 1930 |
1996 | The Tuckerton Seaport: A Maritime Cultural Experience | | |
1996 | Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen's Museum: Our History | Gormley, John | |
1996 | Heinrichs' Boat Works | Heinrichs, Recollections of Bob | |
1996 | The Pine Barrens Jamboree Down Home Melodies and Memories | Hoey, Lillian | |
1996 | Captain Edward Nathaniel "Socks" Heinrichs 1870-1958 | Hollway, Majorie Heinrichs | |
1996 | Captain Samuel Forman Perrine Jr. | Lloyd, John Bailey | |
1996 | The Story of Old Wells Mill | Mangum, Michael T. | |
1996 | Barnegat Bay National Estuary & Tuckerton Seaport | Raabe, Christine and O'Leary, Terry | |
1996 | The Wrecked Lady: A Thrilling Narrative, Shipwreck and Suffering | Reddington, Linda | |
1996 | 1996 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | |
1997 | Fesnel lens | | |
1997 | The King Gander of Dog Sea Shoal | Ford, Sewell | |
1997 | Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen's Museum: Our Story | Gormley, John | |
1997 | Barnegat Bay is All Sport | Kobbe, Gustav | Excerpt from book the Jersey Coast and Pines |
1997 | Tuckerton Seaport Feature Building: Corinthian Yacht & Gun Club | Lloyd, John Bailey | |
1997 | Tuckerton Seaport Evolution | O'Leary, Terry | |
1997 | The Jersey Shoreman | Ward, James P. | |
1997 | The Jersey Pirates | Ward, James P. | |
1997 | 1997 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | |
1998 | Bird of the Year Wood Duck | | |
1998 | Tucker's Island Lighthouse | | |
1998 | The Sword Family Eelgrass Industry | Anderson, Andrew J. | |
1998 | Eno's Riverside Hotel and Eno's Pond | Landrum, Mahala | |
1998 | Duck Shooting at Forty Arce | Watson, Harold J. | |
1998 | 1998 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | |
1999 | Bird of the Year Bufflehead | | |
1999 | Jersey Shore Regional Folklife Center | | |
1999 | Oysters and Clams in Ocean County | | |
1999 | The Wreck of the Betsey | | Story research- David DeVerter, Bass River Twp. Library History Committee |
1999 | The Bridge | Adams, Burrel H. | |
1999 | Whaling Off Island Beach | Anderson, Andrew J. & D. Gail Anderson | |
1999 | A Manahawkin Legend Uncle Rube | Spodofora, John F. | |
1999 | A Man Called Joe | Steele, Almira Cramer | |
1999 | 1999 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | |
2000 | Bird of the Year Northern Shoveler | | |
2000 | We Will Not Forget - 2000 | | |
2000 | Baymen of the Barnegat The Unforgettable Charlie Ridgeway | Launer, Donald M. | |
2000 | The Jersey Coast | Roosevelt, Robert R. | Excerpt from book The Game Birds of the Coast and Lake of the Northern States of America |
2000 | Spirit of the Bay | Sutton, Earl | Speech given by Earl Sutton |
2000 | Duck Shooting in the Barnegat Bay | Warren, T Robinson | |
2000 | 2000 Decoys Decoys Decoys | Williams. Bruce | |
2001 | We will not forget 2001 | | |
2001 | Bird of the Year Ruddy Duck | | |
2001 | Reuben Tucker's Disappearing Investment | Gormley, John; Robinson, Malcolm; Sencindiver, Joanne | Additional authors: Carrollanne Shepard, Shirley J. Wealton |
2001 | The george Robert Goertz Story | Hoey-Gomez, Lillian | |
2001 | Harry's Last Storm | Klump, Chris | |
2001 | The Wrong way to Roast a Pig | McLain, Pete | |
2001 | Shorebird Shooting on Sheepshead Flats | Tread Easy | |
2001 | 2001 Decoys - Decoys - Decoys | Williams, Bruce | |
2002 | Bird of the Year Blue Winged Teal | | |
2002 | We will not Forget 2002 | | |
2002 | The Great Mosquito Bite-Off | McLain, Pete | |
2002 | Andy Brown:Guide and Market Gunner | Morton, Richard | |
2002 | John M. Warton | Morton, Richard | |
2003 | Bird of the Year Hooded Merganser | | |
2003 | Charles Hankins, Noted Boat Builder | Bennett, Don | |
2003 | Along the Mullica River | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2003 | Boatbuilding in Barnegat, New Jersey | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2003 | Vincent Giannetto III from Jersey Waters to the White House | Giannetto, David F. | |
2003 | Just Folks | Guest, Edgar A. | |
2003 | This is No Bull | McLain, Pete | |
2003 | The Jersey Coast | Roosevelt, Robert B. | Condensed from The Game Birds of the Coasts and Water of the Northern States of America |
2004 | Bird of the Year Mallard | | |
2004 | Oystering in New Jersey | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2004 | From Sail to Motor | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2004 | Old and New- New Jery's Atlantic City Inlet Area | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2004 | Ocean County as an Ideal Gunning and Fishing Center | Gun, Russ T. | Reprint Ocean County Magazine 1936 |
2004 | Atlantic White Cedar | O'Leary, Terry | |
2004 | Long Billed Curlew Pays a Visit to Robert J. Miller Airpark | Tread Easy | |
2005 | The Baymen | | Reprint from The Beacon January 7, 1971 |
2005 | Bird of the Year Scaup | | |
2005 | Houseboats Along the Jersey Coast | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2005 | Life Along the Crik | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2005 | Rail Birding in South Jersey | Drummond, Shelly | |
2006 | Bird of the Year Green-Winged Teal | | |
2006 | Clams, Cans and Campbell's | Rizzo, Mary & Stewart, Jaclyn | |
2006 | Decoy Carvers Pass on Their NJ Style | Stewart, Jaclyn | |
2006 | The Sedgehopper Goose Shoot | Tread Easy | |
2007 | A Passion for the Barnegat Bay Waterfowling Heritage | | |
2007 | 25 Years of History | | |
2007 | Bird of the Year Red Breasted Merganser | | |
2007 | Sneakboxes Can They Really Multiply | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2007 | On Target | D'Agostino, Bucky | |
2008 | Bird of the Year Northern Pintail | | |
2008 | We will not Forget 2008 | | |
2008 | Salt Hay and Eel Grass Time in New Jersey | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2008 | The Old Fish Factory | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2008 | 14' Sneakbox Bullfrog | Heilman, Wesley M. III | |
2009 | Bird of the Year Long-Tailed Duck | | |
2009 | One of Those Days | McLain, Pete | |
2010 | Bird of the Year American Black Duck | | |
2010 | We will not Forget 2010 | | |
2010 | Little Beach Island | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2010 | The Real Jersey Devil | Lesser, Fred | |
2011 | Bird of the Year Common Goldeneye | | |
2011 | The Old Coast Guard Station The New Rutgers Universitry Marine Field Station | Able, Kenneth W. | |
2011 | The Mystery Sneakbox | Coyle, Gretchen F. | |
2012 | Bird of the Year American Wigeon | | |
2012 | Youth Carvers Club at the Tuckerton Seaport | | |
2012 | The Research Barge Cynthia and Early Studies Near Tuckerton | Able, Kenneth | |
2012 | Four Months in A Sneak-Box | Bishop, Nathaniel H. | Reprinted from 1985 show program |
2012 | What is a Yelper | Mangum, Mike | Reprinted from 1990 |
2012 | Counterfeit Presentments | NJ Agricultural Society | Reprint 1986 Program |
2012 | Scaup Ducks | The Guide to nature 1914 | Reprint from 1987 Program |
2013 | Bird of the Year Canvasback | | |
2013 | What's that Stone? Or A Stone by Any Other Name.... | | |
2013 | Charcoal was an Early Product of the Pine Barrens | Wilson, J.G. | Reprint from Basto Citizen Gazzette 1987 |
2014 | Bird of the Year Wood Duck | | |
2014 | Hotel Bivalve & the Early Days of Rutgers Universe Research Near Tuckerton | Able, Kenneth W. | |
2014 | Memories of an Environmental HeroPaul D. "Pete" Mclain | Auermiller, Lisa & Korotky, Pat | |
2014 | In Memory of Wanda Parsons "Parsons Seafood" | Ford, Victoria | Excerpt from Decoy & Gunning Show program |
2015 | Bird of the Year Ring-necked Duck | | |
2015 | Tuckerton Seaport's Youth Carving Club | | |
2015 | The MullicaRiver Great Bay is a Unique Estuary | | |
2016 | Carl Adams and the Modern Boat Works | | Reprinted with permission from NJ Dept. of Trans. Cultural Digest, April 2008 |
2016 | Bird of the Year The Atlantic Brant | | |
2016 | Menhaden in the Mullica Valley | Kenneth W. Able | Rutgers University Marine Field Station |
2016 | Carl Adams and the Modern Boat Works | The NJ Department of Transportation Cultural Resource Digest, april 2008 | Excerpts reprinted |
2017 | Decoy Show Pin | | |
2017 | Tuckerton Seaport's Youth Carving Club | | |
2017 | Bird of the Year Gadwell | | |
2017 | The View from the Great Bay Boulevard: A Path from the Past to the Future | Able, Kenneth W. | Rutgers University Marine Field Station |
2017 | 1879 Four Months in a Sneak- Box | Bishop, Nathaniel H. | |
2017 | Hurley Conklin Award Winners | Ford, Victoria | |
2017 | Show print: Gadwell Trio | Painted by Leslie, Rob | |
2018 | Decoy Show Pin | | |
2018 | Bird of the Year Redhead Duck | | |
2018 | River Herring: South Jersey's Salmon | Kenneth W. Able | Rutgers University Marine Field Station |
2018 | Show print: Redheads Over the Inlet | Rob Leslie | |
2019 | Decoy Show Pin | | |
2019 | Show Print | | |
2019 | Bird of the Year The Northern Shoveler | | |
2019 | History of Some Salt Meadow Alterations in the Mullica Valley: Insights into the Future? | Kenneth W. Able | Rutgers University Marine Field School |
2019 | Hurley Conklin Award Winners | Victoria Ford, Joe Rizzo & German Georgieff | |
2020 | Decoy & Gunning Show Pins | | |
2020 | Hurley Conklin Awards | | |
2020 | 2020 Old Time Decoy & Gunning Show Will Carry On - In Cyberspace | | |
2020 | History of Decoy & Gunning Show | | |
2020 | Old Time Decoy & Gunning Show Covers through the Years | | |
2021 | Bird of the Year Bufflehead | | |
2021 | Decoy Show Pin | | Bufflehead; modeled after a bufflehead decoy carved by Jamie Hand |
2021 | Beneath the Surface: A Book to Provide an Understanding of Nature | Kenneth W. Able, Rutgers University Marine Field Station | |
2021 | Hurley Conklin, Carving Artist Remembering One of the Last and Best | Maria Scandale | Reproduction from the 1991 Official Show Program |
2021 | Show Print | Rob Leslie | |
2022 | 2022 Decoy Show Print | | |
2022 | Decoy Show Pin | | |
2022 | Bird of the Year The Mallard | | |
2022 | Show Print | Cathleen Engelsen | |
2022 | German Georgieff | Pat Johson | |
2022 | Hurley Conklin Awards | Victoria Ford | |
2023 | Show Pin | | Long-Tailed Duck ~ Modeled after a decoy carved by Bradley Steinhauer |
2023 | Al Barker Artist Profile | | |
2023 | Show Print | Al Barker | |
2023 | Barnegat Bay Sneakbox | Bob Keeney, Jr. | |
2023 | Hurley Conklin Awards | German Georgieff | |
2023 | The Gentleman Carver | J.P. Hand | |
2023 | Bird of the Year The Long-Tailed Duck | Joshua Gant | |