by Dow Oak Events | Jun 9, 2022 | Event Recap, New Jersey
Great Egg Harbor may have received its current name from Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen Mey in 1614, but the first residents of the area were the Lenni Lenape Indigenous People, and they called the area Lenapehoking . The clans spent their summers on the elevated...
by Dow Oak Events | Jun 7, 2022 | Event Recap, New Jersey
Originally incorporated as a Borough in 1895, Wildwood is known for more than a few things such as the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District, which was originally home to over 200 motels, that we built during the Doo-Wop era of the 1950s-60s, to serve the tourists...
by Dow Oak Events | Jun 7, 2022 | Event Recap, New Jersey
Located on Great Egg Harbor Bay, 14 miles from Atlantic City & 74 miles from Philadelphia, Somers Point, New Jersey, is a former ship building town, with a small but vibrant community overlooking the water of the Jersey Shore. When the borough of Somers Point, NJ...
by Dow Oak Events | Jun 7, 2022 | Event Recap, New Jersey
Named for a clear spring fed lake, the borough of Spring Lake, NJ was developed into a coastal resort for members of New York City and Philadelphia high society, during the ‘Gilded Age’ of the late 19th and early 20th century, and served in a similar fashion to the...
by Dow Oak Events | Jun 7, 2022 | Event Recap, New Jersey
The History of Asbury Park, NJ, starts way, way back, as a Victorian summer seaside getaway, boasting a boardwalk pavilions, trolley systems, and an artesian well, as well as wide tree lined streets, numerous parks, churches, and a thriving business district at the...
by Dow Oak Events | May 26, 2022 | Event Recap, New Jersey
Within Bergen County, sits the pretty little borough of East Rutherford, New Jersey. The borough is considered an inner-ring suburb of New York City, and is located only 7 short miles west of Midtown Manhattan, making it a convenient locale for both New Jersey and NYC...
