🗣️Legends & Folklore1690s
Did you know this about the Jersey Shore?
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Did You Know?
Captain Kidd is rumored to have buried treasure somewhere along the Jersey Shore before his capture in 1699. Treasure hunters still search the barrier islands today.
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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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Saltwater taffy was invented in Atlantic City in 1883 when a storm flooded a candy shop. The owner jokingly sold his waterlogged taffy as "saltwater taffy."
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