📜Historical Events1930s
Did you know this about Seaside Heights?
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Did You Know?
Casino Pier opened in 1932 during the Great Depression and has survived multiple hurricanes, fires, and economic downturns over 90+ years.
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More Historical Events
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The 1929 stock market crash inadvertently saved Island Beach State Park—developer Henry Phipps had plans for a resort community, but went bankrupt before building.
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Ocean City's boardwalk has never allowed the sale of alcohol or tobacco, maintaining the town's founding Methodist values since 1879.
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During WWII, the U.S. Army used Island Beach as a rocket testing facility, firing experimental anti-aircraft missiles over the Atlantic Ocean from 1942-1945.
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