🏆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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Bradley Beach introduced the first beach badge system in America in 1929, a practice that spread throughout New Jersey.
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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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Ship Bottom got its name from an 1817 shipwreck legend where rescuers found a woman alive inside the hull of an overturned ship.
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