Re-post since 2018. Some historical tales are worth repeating. —Paul
Fork-in-the-road. Paul Goldfinger © 2004.
Re-posted by popular demand from August, 2017. By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
A wise man once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” (attributed to Yogi Berra).
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In 1869, when Ocean Grove was founded, another New Jersey campground was also incorporated. It was Mount Tabor located in the Parsippany-Troy Hills area of Morris County. It was formed by the same Newark Methodist Episcopal Church which started Ocean Grove, the jewel in the crown of a series of Methodist summer camp grounds.
As with OG, it had a religious basis and went through familiar territory for us, with tents becoming Victorian cottages and a Camp Meeting Association running the place. The cottages were close together with lot sizes of 16×25. Some of its historic places survive today.
Photo by Pinterest Mt. Tabor Victorian.
But here is where the fork…
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