Cape May Beach
Cape May City, NJ, US / NJ
Location Description
This Jersey Shore oasis grew in popularity after the War of 1812, with the advent of the steamboat, when vacationers could take a ferry from New Castle, Delaware to Cape May. By the 1850s, steamers brought as many as 3,000 visitors a day in the summer seasons, including celebrities and politicians like Abraham Lincoln in 1849, James Buchanan in 1858 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.
Location Category
- BEACHES / COASTAL - [general]
- BEACHES / COASTAL - Beaches / Shorelines
- CITIES / TOWNS - [general]
- CITIES / TOWNS - Coastal / Beach Towns
