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Winner's Landing I know its not the best scan but its all I could do. KIM This is from Linewood Historical Society.......She wrote the following... I did find further information on Winner's Landing in an article I wrote for our newsletter. Here are some pertinent quotes from that article... In 1836 Leedsville farmers in the northern section of the village, wanted a more convenient landing and petitioned the Gloucester County government (Atlantic County had not yet been formed) to lay out a new road from Maple Avenue across Shore Road over the meadows to a creek connecting to Scull Bay. This road was called New Landing Road. Mason stated "it is presumed that the landing was used for the shipment of local produce (grain, flour, hay, lumber, etc.) on small shallow-draft vessels, probably for transportation on larger coastal vessels at Somers Point." Most of these roads across the meadows were made of logs laid on brush and were known as "corduroy roads." We have slides of some of the remains of corduroy roads in our files. Actually they were fairly common throughout the country including sections of the Old National Road built by the US Government from 1811 to 1832 connecting Cumberland, MD with Vandalia, IL. Residents at the southern end of Leedsville submitted their own petition in 1850 for another road across the meadows this time to the Atlantic County government which at been formed by then. The road, now called Seaview Avenue, was laid out from Shore Road across the meadows to Scull's Thoroughfare. By 1873 New Landing Road was known as Winner's Landing Road (named for a family that owned land along Shore Road) and residents wanted to extend it directly to the edge of Scull Bay. Mason estimates that periodic graveling of the road caused a build up of silt that made navigating Winner's Creek difficult. Land here belonged to John D. Sanders and Japhet Townshend and it is assumed that the name Japhet's Creek came from him. Townshend was married to Amelia Winners and may have been related to the Townshends who owned 908 and 904 Shore Road at the turn of the 20th century. [These homes were owned by brothers of Japhet. Note of 4.14.2004] It is assumed that Winner's Landing was a key place for shipping produce from Leedsville (Linwood after 1881) to Atlantic City. For most of the first half of the 20th century, hotels had their own truck farms in Linwood. The landing surely was important to the baymen who searched for shellfish in Scull Bay. The Japhet's Creek bridge was a favorite crabbing spot throughout the much of the 20th century and there are some who sti II occasionally crab there. The Townsends had 9 children here but apparently only 6 survived to become adults. See photo attached -the old Inn where Ameila and Japhet Townsend lived for most of the 19th century. They had 9 children, 6 survived. Hope this information is helpful to you. Feels good to have a somewhat productive morning for a change. Please respond directly to me at cappy227@aol.com rather than at the museum email address. Thanks. Carolyn 
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