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While renovations were being done on a Breton Wood Home the following was found written on a beam: Paul Truex РІР‚вЂњ contractor, Morgan Hulse and Three Feathers Charlie, December 27, 1935РІР‚Сњ. The barber or the blacksmith usually performed the necessary work of pulling teeth. There were no dentists in the shore counties in the first half of the 19th century. Since 1850 Brick Township has evolved from the virgin woodlands to the thriving suburban community it is today.Р”В«ITS & PIECES FROM BRICK TOWNSHIP HISTORY Compiled by Gene Donatiello Highways and roads were expanded as well as city services. As more and more people moved into Brick Township the general stores were replace by department stores, supermarkets, and specialty shops. Unrest in the urban areas in the 1960РІР‚в„ўs and 70РІР‚в„ўs caused a flight of families to the urban areas and Brick Township was the ideal place to relocate. Travelers exiting the Parkway were soon to discover this area where property was inexpensive and taxes were low, was a place where they could go to move away from the crowded cities.

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Because of its many lagoons, Shore Acres was advertised as РІР‚СљThe Venice of the Jersey Shore.РІР‚Сњ The Hudson Dispatch, a newspaper, offered a plot of land in Cedarwood Park with a subscription to their newspaper (a subscriber had to buy an additional lot at full price in order to build a house).Р”В«rick Township continued to be a quiet rural-resort and commercial community into the 1950РІР‚в„ўs, until the Garden State Parkway opened. In 1934, the Van Ness Corporation developed Breton Woods. Land developers arrived promoting the area as a resort, for swimming, boating, salt water bathing, crabbing, fishing and for just getting away. Summer camps for children began to spring up, Camp Eagle, Boy ScoutРІР‚в„ўs Camp Burton, Princeton Summer Camp, Camp Metedeconk, New Jersey Episcopal Choir Camp (NEJECHO) and the Cedars. The 1900РІР‚в„ўs brought new economies to the area the poultry industry started with Park & TilfordРІР‚в„ўs Laurelton Farms and peaked in the 1960РІР‚в„ўs. In the middle of the room was an iron stove for heat and at the front of the room was a teacherРІР‚в„ўs desk The furnishings were basic, benches and desks, hooks on the wall for coats, a receptacle for water, (there was no running water) and a blackboard (chalkboard). There were cranberry bogs in most sections of town and later blueberry growing became an important crop.Р”В¬ompared to todayРІР‚в„ўs schools early Brick Township schools were one or two room buildings, housing grades one through eight. There was an abundance of striped bass, perch, herring, crabs and clams along with ducks, rabbits, pheasants and grouse. They fished and hunted the rivers, bay, ocean and forest. They were subsistence farmers growing their own food and trading off the surplus. The people of Brick Township also made their living off the land, bay and rivers. The resort industry always provided seasonal work for the locals.

Brick, the industrious and successful owner of Bergen Iron Works.Р”Р„t that time Brick Township included the villages of Adamston, Bricksburg, (Lakewood), Bay Head, Burrsville (Laurelton) Cedarbridge, Herbertsville, Osbornville, Point Pleasant Beach, West Point Pleasant, Mantoloking and a portion of Normandy Beach.Р”В®arly industries were the lumber, pinewood (charcoal and turpentine), iron industryР’В (ButcherРІР‚в„ўs Forge at Forge Pond) Bergen Iron Works, Cranberry, Blueberry, and poultry. The new Township was named Brick for its most prominent citizen Joseph W. In 1850, when the New Jersey Legislature created Ocean County from parts of Monmouth and Burlington Counties, they also created Brick Township from parts of Dover and Howell Townships. By the 1730РІР‚в„ўs they no longer visited this area as they began their move westward. In their travels the Natives left a legacy of artifacts and names, Metedeconk, Manasquan, and Mantoloking. A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRICK TOWNSHIP by Gene DonatielloР”В«efore there was a Brick Township Native Americans were among the early summer residents who came to this area for the oysters, clams, fish, and the abundant wildlife in the woodlands.