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October 28, 2026
Vinnie Dicks
C. Frederick Kohl, Tortured Soul

From “It couple” to tragedy. Millionaire C. Frederick Kohl visited Sea Girt in 1896

C. Frederick Kohl, Tortured Soul
October 19, 2026
Vinnie Dicks
Votes For Women

Among the guests at Sea Girt in 1885 were a mother and her young girls. They would advance the cause of women in America.

Votes For Women
October 12, 2026
Vinnie Dicks
The Lifesaver and the Heiress

When a Spring Lake Lifeguard eloped with an Heiress in 1910, her mother was having none of it.

The Lifesaver and the Heiress
October 3, 2026
Vinnie Dicks
The Captain and the Whale

A Spring Lake Waterman discovered a new whale in the Atlantic

The Captain and the Whale
September 28, 2026
Vinnie Dicks
Why the Babe was late to Bradley Beach

Babe Ruth came to Bradley Beach from the 1926 World Series for an exhibition game. Learn why he was late.

Why the Babe was late to Bradley Beach
Vinnie Dicks
January 25, 2025
Sea Girt

1899

Vinnie Dicks
January 25, 2025
Sea Girt
1899

The Old Mill was preserved and the Golf bug bites Sea Girt.

Vinnie Dicks
January 24, 2025
Sea Girt

1898

Vinnie Dicks
January 24, 2025
Sea Girt
1898

Henry Yard took perfect advantage of the Bankruptcy act of 1898

Vinnie Dicks
January 23, 2025
Sea Girt

1897

Vinnie Dicks
January 23, 2025
Sea Girt
1897

The Poet Helen Gray Cone, poet, spends the summer at Sea Girt

Vinnie Dicks
January 22, 2025
Sea Girt

1896

Vinnie Dicks
January 22, 2025
Sea Girt
1896

The Sea Girt Light was lit in 1896

Vinnie Dicks
January 21, 2025
Sea Girt

1895

Vinnie Dicks
January 21, 2025
Sea Girt
1895

Sea Girt Gets a Downtown and a Post Office

Vinnie Dicks
January 20, 2025
Sea Girt

1894

Vinnie Dicks
January 20, 2025
Sea Girt
1894

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

Vinnie Dicks
January 19, 2025
Sea Girt

1893

Vinnie Dicks
January 19, 2025
Sea Girt
1893

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

Vinnie Dicks
January 18, 2025
Sea Girt

1892

Vinnie Dicks
January 18, 2025
Sea Girt
1892

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

Vinnie Dicks
January 17, 2025
Sea Girt

1891

Vinnie Dicks
January 17, 2025
Sea Girt
1891

The culmination of the bank frauds

Vinnie Dicks
January 16, 2025
Sea Girt

1890

Vinnie Dicks
January 16, 2025
Sea Girt
1890

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

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