Much of the history in this article is unsourced and highly questionable

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There is an excellent history from the Neptune Library and the Historical Society at https://neptunepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/History-of-Shark-River-Hills1.pdf. It cites sources, and it contradicts many of the unsourced claims in the current Wikipedia article. Unlike the current article, the Historical Society document describes the residents of the Poor Farm as conscientious and industrious farmers, and makes no mention of "shirk" or of "shacks"

Unfortunately, the Historical Society document on the Web is a degraded scan, and it would take a great deal of effort to OCR it and produce an accurate rendering of the text. As time permits, I will contact the Neptune Library and see if I can make a better scan. Meanwhile, IMHO Wikipedia would be better served by replacing the entire current article with a link to the Historical Society document. Harvey.S.Cohen (talk) 01:30, 24 July 2024 (UTC)Reply