Point Pleasant/Manasquan [Part 12 - The Spectacular History of the New Jersey Shore]
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- In the 1600s, the area now known as Point Pleasant and Manasquan was a vast coastal forest. The native Lenape Indian Tribe called it "The Land of Tall Timbers."
Throughout the Revolutionary War, Manasquan Inlet was used as a refuge by American Privateers. Fishermen and farmers began settling this central New Jersey stretch of coastline in the 1800s. Not long afterward, Quaker families were taking in guests visiting the shore. In the early 1800s, The Osborne House opened in Manasquan, on the village square. The settlement was now going by the name Squan Village. In the 1870s, Captain John Arnold bought up some land and built a roadway to the ocean. The road would later be named Arnold Avenue. He helped bring the railroad to Point Pleasant, and in 1875 a bridge was built over the Manasquan River to Brielle. The town's first luxury hotel, The Resort House, was built in 1878. It was soon joined by other grand hotels like the Leighton, and The Pine Bluff Inn. Squan Village changed it's name and was incorporated as the Borough of Manasquan in 1887.
By 1892, Roderick Clark's boat building business along the Manasquan River, had become a favorite amusement and recreation spot, named Clark's Landing. Electric trolleys operated along Arnold Avenue. A new boardwalk was built on Point Pleasant Beach in 1915. In 1926, the Point Pleasant Canal was opened, providing access to the intercoastal waterway running from Manasquan to Cape May. Charles Jenkinson opened Jenkinson's Pavilion and Pool on the Point Pleasant boardwalk in 1928. Featuring live entertainment, it soon became one of the most popular places on the Jersey Shore. In 1949, a miniature train ride opened along the beach. Herman's Amusements and Holiday Playland were soon operating, and Martell's Sea Breeze Club began hosting some of the day's top entertainers. New motels and bungalows brought in a whole new wave of visitors. A new 1200-seat pavilion was constructed in 1989, and in 1991 the wildly successful Jenkinson's Aquarium opened.
Whether visitors wish to relax, fish, take in the amusements, or enjoy a warm ocean breeze, Point Pleasant and Manasquan offer something for everyone.
Music Credits:
Dan Lebowitz - After You
Track Tribe - Vault
Aakash Gandhi - Invisible Beauty
Track Tribe - Bottle of Something
Steve Adams - Highway One
Lauren Duski - Timeless
Borrtex - Victory
Borrtex - Wondering
The 126ers - Golden Empire - Zábava
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I grew up in Point Pleasant Boro on Jayrob Ct,but moved to Florida in 1983.Nice place to grow up
Woody the talking tree, Cici’s pizza, Fat Boys riding the train…
Grew up 80’s in Point Pleasant, I consider myself the luckiest man alive to come from such a beautiful, wholesome place. Proper people acting properly, and still hanging on to it today
Awesome SlickWilly! I would consider you pretty darn lucky also 🙂🙃🏖
As a kid, my parents bought a townhouse on Beaver Dam Creek. I grew up there and miss it terribly. I considered moving back when I found a tent under a billion dollars, but that was quickly purchased.
🤣🤣🤣 it must have been so great growing up on Beaver Dam Creek....when you could afford a tent there. 😅
Great video very nicely narrated. Familiar with all the spots
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it. 🙂🙃
1946 my Mom and Dad moved to Manasquan and I started school in the kindergarten and I think it was in 1948 we moved to Point Pleasant where I continued my school at the school on Ocean Road. We lived a street across from the Manasquan canal. I finally left Point Pleasant in 1957 to join the US Navy during the Viet Nam War.
Sounds like some great memories!
thank you for your service 🙏 🇺🇸
What happened after your service that you didn't go back?
The area had much more character in the early 1900s. It’s become too overdeveloped and now draws an unsavory crowd
That's a shame. Been a few years since I was there but there were some seedy motels on 35.
What specifically does “unsavory crowd” mean?
If the stupid train bridge would get stuck up it would keep a lot of the garbage out
It's an old shore town with no significance anymore. They don't even have a boardwalk. Asphalt is not a. boardwalk.
Word life
Pt. Pleasant and Manasquan were my beaches of choice as a teenager and in my 20's.
I spent a lot of great times there in my teens and 20s too!!!!
Sad to say that Point Pleasant Beach have been picking the pockets of tourists for many years and making people very paranoid about being there, I was there yesterday parking 20 bucks beach 13 bucks total rip off glad I turned away and said sorry this place is all about taking your money....and the cops are even worse, not a friendly family place anymore. This place was great in the 60's and 70's through the 80's then it got greedy...Def a place to stay away from...
That is so sad to hear. Those prices! Thankfully we got to enjoy it in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
@@historyofthejerseyshore yes very sad and the police have such bad attitudes as well down there...they deserve to have no tourists at all...
@@jesrusso4682 🙁