🏆Famous Firsts1940s
Did you know this about Stone Harbor?
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Did You Know?
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.
Location: stone harbor
More Famous Firsts
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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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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.
bradley beach