Sea Girt Gets a Downtown and a Post Office

“Halfshell” Jack almost died after downing hundreds of oysters in Sea Girt

How they nearly killed a camp of young soldiers in 1893, and how the boys who walked there missed it

Big Sea Day, Jersey Wash Day or Salt Water Day was a long tradition at the Wreck Pond Inlet. By 1892 it had become a circus

The culmination of the bank frauds

The Bank frauds of John Lucas and James Hunter to support the two resorts reach the breaking point,

The camp attracts businesses and tourists, and boys seeking alcohol

The unique friendliness of Sea Girt in 1888

Financial fraud shocks Philadelphia and the shockwaves reach Sea Girt in 1887.

Sea Girt and Spring Lake, often discussed as twin resorts, diverge