Monthly Membership Meeting

Join us for our FREE-to-the-public Historical Society of Hammonton (HSH)’s monthly membership meeting which is held at the Canoe Club, Hammonton Lake Park.

‘Pine Robbers’, pirates, folk-heroes, murders, hangings, and other rascality’s! John Hebble, Batsto Historian, is keenly aware of the ecological treasures and the cultural importance of New Jersey’s beautiful green Pinelands, but he also knows that we certainly have had more than our fair share of very colorful historic characters, and their deeds, misdeeds, and crazy events since colonial days!

Come learn about the Pine Robbers who prowled the forests during the American Revolution, playing havoc with both sides.  John Bacon, Joe Mulliner and others, who used the difficult terrain of the Pine Barrens to conceal their activities.  The eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries were rich with ‘Rascals’ in the pinelands.  Sensational national headlines are nothing new either.  The Lilliendahl murder, the attempted murder of Andrew Ryder, then known as the ‘Cranberry King of New Jersey’, each elevated the sordid history of the Pine Barrens to national prominence.

The Historical Society of Hammonton Museum preserves the rich social, political economic and multi-cultural heritage of our town and its people. Our mission is to increase awareness of Hammonton’s history, and to establish public access to that history by collecting, conserving, interpreting and promoting it to the widest possible audience. Our historic 188s (former Town Hall/Library/Kindergarten) Museum, a treasure itself, is located behind Hammonton Veterans Memorial  park in Leo Club Park at Veterans Memorial Park open to the public Tuesdays 10 a.m. to noon and every Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. New volunteers always welcome! Join the fun and learn about our great town!