Barnegat Light - Couverture souple

Sharp, Reilly Platten

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1467103268 ISBN 13 : 9781467103268

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2019

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1467103268
• ISBN 13: 9781467103268
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible