b'Photo: Wikimedia CommonsState of New JerseyThe Pinelands National Reservehttps://www.nj.gov/pinelands/index.shtmlHistory after the English seized New Jersey from the When human beings first occupied the PinelandsDutch in 1664. Whaling and shipbuilding were over 10,000 years ago, it was a cold and far lesstwo of the major early enterprises, but these hospitable, tundra-like place. Quickly adapting towere pursued mainly on the coastal periphery the harsh conditions, however, the first Americansof the Pines. It was only in 1765, when the first hunted species now long extinct and settled nearfurnaces were built to exploit the regions bog small ponds where traces of their culture can stilliron deposits, that settlement in the interior of be found. Gradually, though, the climate warmed,the Pinelands developed on any real scale. Soon sea levels rose and, by about 5000 B.C., theafter, glass production began, taking advantage region assumed the same general appearanceof the high quality sands of the region, and other it has today. Through the ensuing millennia, therural industries were founded. As these faded in Natives reaped the natural harvest of the Pines,the mid-nineteenth century, railroads began to be using an evolving tool kit of stone and bonebuilt, forever changing the pattern of settlements implements by which archaeologists can trackin the area. At this time also, the berry industry their progress. of the Pinelands had its beginnings, as did the Europeans first began to come to the Pinelandsdevelopment of resorts at the shore, both aided in numbers in the seventeenth century, particularlyby the ready access provided by the railroads.28 Military Appreciation Resource Magazine Thank You For Your Service'