Remembering South Cape May

by Burcher, Joseph G.; Kenselaar, Robert (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781596293144
• ISBN10: 1596293144
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-02
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Few would imagine that the land currently occupied by the Nature Conservancy's Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, or "the Meadows," was once the picturesque Jersey Shore town of South Cape May. By the early twentieth century, a striking hotel and homes designed by renowned Victorian-era architects dotted the landscape. Residents and visitors alike spotted rumrunners racing across the beachfront during Prohibition and endured World War II with German submarines lurking just offshore. But by 1954, barely a trace of the town remained except for about twenty of the original houses, which were moved a mile away. Join one of the town's last residents, Joseph Burcher, as he chronicles life in South Cape May before the angry Atlantic swallowed this serene town. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 9
The Early History to the 1920s
From the Lenni Lenapes to an Elephant	p. 13
The First Homes and First Families of Mount Vernon and South Cape May	p. 25
More Houses, Families and a Hotel	p. 38
Vacation Living, Storms and a Ghost	p. 56
From the 1920s to the Present: A Firsthand Account
A Family's Start in South Cape May	p. 67
Playing and Working the Beaches Around South Cape May	p. 74
Storming and Vanishing	p. 88
Sunset Boulevard, Cattle and Birds	p. 99
Closing Note	p. 107
Notes	p. 111
Index	p. 117
About the Authors	p. 127
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