Local Lore

Below is a list of topics of significant historical events, people, institutions and things that constitute a part of the rich history of Point Pleasant!    We continually add to this list and we encourage our members, friends and others to submit stories that can be added!

Click on the links to learn more about the colorful history of these iconic locations and moments in time that shaped today’s Point Pleasant Beach and Point Pleasant Borough.

The History of the Leader Newspaper

The Mid-Summer Frolics of the 1920’s

The United States Coast Guard Cutter William Chadwick

Bennett Cabin

Clarks Landing

The Wreck of the John Minturn

The Point Pleasant Canal

The Great Fire of 1906

The Devastating Storm of 1938

Reopening of Manasquan Inlet

Power Plant Defeated

Point Pleasant Hospital

Point Pleasant Boro Beginnings

Oona ONeill Chaplin

Lovelandtown

History of Point Pleasant Beach Schools

Henry Hudson Voyage of 1609

Eugene O’Neill

Trolley Follies