HISTORICAL ARTICLES
We hope that you will enjoy the following articles dealing with Tuckerton and the surrounding communities. Click on the article that you would like to read.
AN HISTORICAL MYSTERY - TUCKERTON'S "RACE OF GIANT MEN" by Steve Dodson. Discusses the Jillson twins and their finding of giant skeletons on their Tuckerton farm in the late 1800's.
BASS RIVER GAZETTE BACK ISSUES - These are posted on the Bass River History web site. Clicking on the link will take you there.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EBENEZER TUCKER by Duke DePuis. A reprint from the June, 2004 edition of the "Bass River Gazette."
OLD FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE POEM by Leah Blackman
THE STINKHOSE ON CRAB ISLAND by Lori Edmunds - An article about the old fish factory on Crab Island in Great Bay.
TUCKERTON AS A PORT OF ENTRY by Peter H. Stemmer - An article debunking the contention that Tuckerton was the third Port of Entry into the United States.
THE TUCKERTON METEOR OF 1859 - An interesting 1860 article about a meteor sighting in parts of New Jersey and neigboring states. An eyewitness account is given by Theophilus Price from Tuckerton .