![]() There were cranberry bogs in most sections of town and later blueberry growing became an important crop.Ĭompared to today’s 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.Īt 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.Įarly industries were the lumber, pinewood (charcoal and turpentine), iron industry (Butcher’s 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 1730’s 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 Donatielloīefore 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. ![]()
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