🏆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.
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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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The Miss America Pageant began in Atlantic City in 1921 as a marketing gimmick to extend the summer tourist season past Labor Day.
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Cape May is the oldest seaside resort in America, welcoming visitors since 1761—15 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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