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Postcard from 1953 showing the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club.
May 31, 1910

The Shrewsbury River Yacht Club (on the Navesink River in Fair Haven)

The Shrewsbury River Yacht Club (on the Navesink River in Fair Haven)   On Tuesday, May 31, 1910, a group of professional actors and entertainers summering in Fair Haven met for the purpose of forming a new club, which they...
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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

Original painting of Monmouth Boat Club by E. J. Bilderback, 2009. Image credit: Monmouth Boat Club, used with permission.
March 20, 1883

Monmouth Boat Club – An Endangered National Historic Site

Blackbeard’s Raid on Middletown, original illustration ©2024 Emma D’Orazio, Perilize Art, commissioned by Monmouth Timeline Inc.
December 16, 1927

The Enduring Myth of Blackbeard’s Raid on Middletown

by John R. Barrows
May 30, 1976

The Greatest Show in the History of The Stone Pony

Image of the text of "An Act Concerning Wrecks." Image credit: State Library of New Jersey, Public Domain.
May 31, 1799

Early Legislative History of New Jersey State Laws Concerning Wrecks

Postcard from 1953 showing the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club.
May 31, 1910

The Shrewsbury River Yacht Club (on the Navesink River in Fair Haven)

June 2, 1953

Servais LeRoy, Keansburg’s Monarch of Magic

by John R. Barrows
Mugshot of Carmine Galante, the boss of the Bonanno crime family. New York Police Department official photograph, 1943. Public Domain
June 3, 1959

Mafia Kingpin Carmine Galante Arrested in Holmdel

John R. Barrows
Camp Little Silver, first home of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, photo courtesy Library of Congress, public domain.
June 3, 1917

U.S. Army Signal Corps Arrives In Little Silver To Begin Construction Of Fort Monmouth

Altered team photo of the Acerra Brothers baseball team of Long Branch. Photo altered with handwritten first names marked on each person.
June 4, 1987

The Acerra Brothers’ Traveling Professional Baseball Club

June 6, 1896

Two Men from Atlantic Highlands are First to Row Across the Atlantic Ocean

Photograph of the statue of James Bradley in Asbury Park. Photo credit: John R. Barrows.
June 7, 1921

James Bradley, Founder of Asbury Park and Bradley Beach, Dies at 91

Photo of "Tillie" mural being removed from condemned Palace Amusements building. Photo credit: ©2004, Frank Saragnese, used with permission.
June 8, 2004

“Tillie” Mural Saved from Condemned Palace Amusements Landmark

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