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Ten More Interesting Things You Probably Did NOT Know About South Jersey - November

11/07/08

  There are a lot of interesting “facts” about South Jersey that many people who live and work in our region don’t know. Some are marginal. Some are remarkable. But most are really pretty interesting.
  For example, did you know that:
  1.  There is a 15-foot tall statue of Vladimir Ilich Lenin in Atlantic City—outside the Red Square restaurant.
  2.  When it first opened in 1922 The White Horse Pike (Route 30) was the longest concrete-paved highway in the world.
  3.  The country’s first Eagle Scout was Arthur Eldred of Clementon. Elder earned his stripes a month after the Boy Scouts of America was established in August of 1912.
  4.  Two-thirds of the world’s egg plant is grown in New Jersey
  5.  With a royal charter from King George II of England the Library Company of New Jersey begin in 1757 in Burlington City.
  6.  The first organized life guarding service was established on Atlantic City’s beaches in 1872.
  7.  The Matchbox Road Museum and Collector Shoppe, located in Newfield, has more than 26,000 matchbox vehicles on display.
  8.  Although the town’s history dates back to the 1600’s Paulsboro did not have a mail system until 1924.
  9.  Historic Whitesbog Village, in Pemberton Township, was once the center of cranberry and blueberry cultivation and production in the nation.
  10.  While many beaches at the Jersey Shore are eroding, the beaches of Wildwood are actually growing…as much as 100 feet in one year.
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SJ Facts are compiled by Haddonfield marketing executive Michael Willmann. You can reach Mike at WMSH Marketing Communications at 856-616-2886 or at michaelwillmann@wmsh.com

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