🏆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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Atlantic City built the first boardwalk in America in 1870. It was invented to keep sand out of hotel lobbies.
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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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The Sandy Hook Lighthouse (1764) is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States.
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