🏆Famous Firsts1950s
Did you know this about Ship Bottom?
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Did You Know?
Ron Jon Surf Shop was founded in Ship Bottom in 1959 as a tiny store. The original is now overshadowed by the massive Cocoa Beach flagship, but LBI is where it started.
Location: ship bottom
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Stone Harbor's Bird Sanctuary (1947) was America's first municipal bird sanctuary and remains one of the best places to see herons, egrets, and ibis on the East Coast.
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Bradley Beach introduced the first beach badge system in America in 1929, a practice that spread throughout New Jersey.
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The Sandy Hook Lighthouse (1764) is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States.
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