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The area was first settled in 1668 and grew into a community with the arrival of the Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad. [22] . Many early residents were professional fishermen with Norwegian backgrounds. [23]
May 12, 2024 · By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train station in the town — Monmouth Beach had become a secluded resort for very wealthy East Coast families. All built on land once nothing more then sand-hills and salt marshes.
May 12, 2024 · May 12, 2024. Monmouth Beach: Rich & Famous Era. Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train... 1. MB History. May 12, 2024. Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection. Facts & Photos: Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook …
Jan 15, 2024 · Monmouth Beach History Archive. by Greg Kelly · Published January 15, 2024 · Updated February 26, 2024. Here’s your chance to do some binge-reading about Monmouth Beach history — pick a link and have a look: Monmouth Beach, 1851. • Alma Mater — HERE. • Almost President — HERE.
Revolutionary War. Crime. Monmouth Beach. Monmouth Beach was incorporated as a borough on March 9, 1906, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, when it was created from portions of Ocean Township. Source: Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 182.
Dec 22, 2023 · Monmouth Beach Cultural Center: Ordeal & Triumph. by Greg Kelly · Published December 22, 2023 · Updated January 26, 2024. It has survived fires and floods. Withstood decades of storms, salt air and wicked winds. It sat rotting for eight years — unused and unloved. The state wanted to make it a parking lot for beachgoers. And yet, it still ...
Apr 20, 2022 · In Monmouth Beach, the remaining Life-Saving Service Station was built in 1895 to replace one from the 1840s that was considered "inadequate". The Coast Guard occupied the station until the late 1950's, then the New Jersey Marine Police took over the station in the 1960's until 1993.
