As we start summer, we share some interesting facts about the Jersey Shore .... * Beachwood in Ocean County was settled as part of a newspaper promotion. A promotional campaign by The New York Tribune in 1914 offered parcels of land in the area in exchange for a subscription. * In 1943, the New York Yankees held their spring...
As we start summer, we share some interesting facts about the Jersey Shore ....
* Beachwood in Ocean County was settled as part of a newspaper promotion. A promotional campaign by The New York Tribune in 1914 offered parcels of land in the area in exchange for a subscription.
* In 1943, the New York Yankees held their spring training in Asbury Park instead of Florida due to wartime conservation of fuel and transportation priorities for the military.
* The coast of modern day Wildwood Crest is the location of the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Cape May County. The area was known as Turtle Gut Inlet at the time. Fought on June 29, 1776, the battle was an important early victory for the Continental Navy.
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* In 2005, Fox briefly aired a show called "Point Pleasant," based in the Ocean County town. The drama centered around a body washing ashore on Point Pleasant Beach; it was canceled due to poor ratings, though 13 episodes were filmed.
* Sandy Hook is home to New Jersey's only legal nude beach. Gunnison Beach is technically located on federal property as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, so local ordinances don't apply. Higbee Beach in Cape May was once a nude beach, but nudity was officially prohibited in 2000.
* A canal runs from Cape May's harbor to the Delaware Bay, making Cape May, technically, an island.
Here's a gallery of folks enjoying New Jersey's shore. And here are some other galleries you might be interested in:
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