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Double Trouble Village: A Window into Pinelands Industries

WHEN Monday, April 21st, 2025 | 7pm

WHERE Ocean County Artist Guild, 22 Chestnut Street, Island Heights
Free Admission ~ Public Welcome ~ Donations Appreciated

Andrew Anderson, Double Trouble State Park Historian ‘Presents a window into Pinelands Industries’. Double Trouble Village, is a 200 acre site located on the eastern edge of the Jersey Pine Barrens. Andrew will provide a window into the historic past of this complete company town, sawmill, cranberry growing and packing industry that thrived from the 1700’s to the mid 1900’s. Prized Atlantic White Cedar was milled for shipbuilding, boxes, siding and roofing shingles.  The dense cedar forests and water from Cedar Creek provided the raw materials necessary for the extensive milling industry to thrive.  As the timber was cleared, the remaining swampland created a ‘bog habitat’ suited for growing cranberries.  Through dramatic slides, rare video and passed down stories, witness this evolution and learn about both Ocean County’s cranberry industry and how Double Trouble recieved it’s unique name.