October 7, 1841
Monmouth County’s First Steamboat Enters Service
On October 7, 1841, the steamboat Rainbow departed from New York City headed for Albany, "and the intermediate places." The Rainbow was the first steamship to be built in Monmouth County; she was said to have been built in the
March 31, 1864
SS River Queen, Revered Presidential Vessel of the Civil War
On March 31, 1864, the steamship SS River Queen, one of numerous side paddlewheel steam-powered vessels built in Monmouth County in the years prior to the Civil War, was launched by Benjamin C. Terry in Keyport. When launched, the River
May 5, 1864
USS Ceres – The Little Tugboat That Became A War Hero
The Ceres was a 144-ton side-wheel steam-powered tugboat built at the Keyport shipyard of Benjamin C. Terry in 1856, one of nine vessels built by Terry that served in the Civil War. Originally a commercial tugboat working New York Harbor, the
September 16, 1903
Whatever Happened to B.B. Ogden, the Fugitive Mayor of Keyport?
By today, September 16, everyone in Keyport finally realized that their mayor was gone. Missing. Disappeared. Vamoosed. Am-scrayed. On the lam, a fugitive from justice. In 1903, Benjamin B. Ogden was president of the Keyport town commissioners (a.k.a. mayor). He