Local Author Taps Mystery Surrounding Pine Valley for New Book
Author Jackie Sauders wrote a book looking into the history of Pine Valley.
A South Jersey resident all of her life, Jackie Souders has always had an appreciation for local history. She has wrinten articles on the paint mills in Gibbsboro, which was once the location of the greatest paint manufacturer in the world, and the chronicles of Jonas Cattell, who ran from Haddonfield to Fort Mercer (National Park) to warn American soldiers of an impending British attack. Her latest project tackles the mystique of the top-ranked golf course in the country—one that almost no one in the U.S. even knows exits. Her book, titled Pine Valley Golf Club: 100 Years of Mystery at the World's No. 1 Golf Course in Pine Valley, NJ, looks into what make the South Jersey course and the borough in which it is located so mysterious. Time …
Kathy
6:21 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I grew up in the next town over, Pine Hill. The entrance on Third Ave. seemed creepy as the road just inside disappears into a dark void. One day during summer vacation a couple friends and I decided that were going to sneak in. The one friend rode his bike while the other had a moped that I rode on the back seat. The roads are winding, dark forest blocked a lot of sun and the houses we saw were … more ›