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Long Branch, NJ - Entertaining A Nation + Bonus Books

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  • State: New Jersey
  • Type: County, State History
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    Entertaining A Nation
    The Career of Long Branch
    By Works Projects Administration, 1940
    211
    Pages illustrated, indexed, searchable
    - Bonus -
    Long Branch, NJ
    The Garden Spot of the Garden State
    By Geo. W. Richardson & Co.
    1909
    58
    Pages illustrated, searchable
    - Bonus #2 -
    Glimpses Of
    New Jersey Coast Resorts
    By M. W. & C. Pennypacker.
    1894
    106
    Pages illustrated, searchable
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    - Bonus #3 -
    Summer Resorts and Watering Places
    Between New York, Long Branch and Sea Girt
    By J. Disturnell
    1877
    91
    Pages illustrated, searchable
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    Long Branch was a beach resort town in the late 1700s. In the 1800s it was a "Hollywood" of the
    east, where some of the greatest theatrical and other performers of the day gathered and performed.
    It was visited by presidents Chester A. Arthur, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin
    Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, and Woodrow Wilson. Seven Presidents Park, a
    park near the beach, is named in honor of their visits. The Church of the Presidents, where all seven
    worshiped, is the only structure left in Long Branch associated with them.
    The famous Long Branch Saloon of the American Old West, located in Dodge City, Kansas, was
    originally named that by its first owner, William Harris, who had moved west from Long Branch,
    New Jersey, his hometown.
    Originally a resort town with a few hotels and large estates and many farms in the early 20th
    century, Long Branch grew in population. Italian, Irish and Jewish immigrants settled in during
    this period. By the 1950s, Long Branch like many other towns had developed new residential spots
    and housing to make room for the growing population. Many of the former farms of Long Branch
    were transformed into residential "suburbs". Many of the estates and a few old historic resorts (with the
    addition of many new ones) still remain.
    With the ascendancy of Hollywood in California as a film capital, Long Branch lost much of its
    activity as a theater spot. Parts of traditional living areas with old houses were altered to support
    private projects by eminent domain legislation.
    Long Branch still continues however to be a popular resort area. Many people from New York City
    travel or settle in to the area to escape the crowded city and enjoy the benefits of Long Branch's
    beaches. The area also attracts some tourists from the Philadelphia area as well.