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Barnegat Light
Contributor(s): Reilly Platten Sharp for the Barnegat Li (Author)
ISBN: 1467103268     ISBN-13: 9781467103268
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2019
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- History | Maritime History & Piracy
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical
LCCN: 2018962855
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Locality - Monmouth-Ocean, N.J.
- Geographic Orientation - New Jersey
 
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Publisher Description:

Discover the history of Barnegat Light and journey through time with Author and Curator for the Barnegat Light Historical Society & Museum, Reilly Platten Sharp.


At the mouth of Barnegat Inlet, Native Americans, whalers, pirates, fishermen, and revolutionaries once lazed, fished, fought, and died on Barnegat Light's sands before modern progress and big-city developers tried to build the next Atlantic City. Treacherous shoals just offshore claimed the lives of thousands of immigrants seeking new starts in America before the current lighthouse was designed in 1856 by the later victorious general of Gettysburg, George Meade. The Ashley House, one of the first shore resort hotels in the country, went up in 1821. In the 1880s, Benjamin Archer and William Bailey of Camden built bigger hotels, cottages, and roads in town, even bringing the railroad. Barnegat Light never became a bustling tourist town like her developers dreamed, but a close-knit community of fishermen, lifesavers and their families have endured for generations to call the still small town of Barnegat Light home.

Contributor Bio(s): Reilly Platten Sharp for the Barnegat Light Historical Society and Museum: - Author Reilly Platten Sharp is curator of the Barnegat Light Historical Society & Museum and is a fourth-generation summer resident of Barnegat Light. The newly digitized and restored photographic collection of the society, spanning nearly 3,000 images, is finally revealed in Barnegat Light for the first time.