Historical Marker
CSure Children's Park
Historical marker location:
5501 Boardwalk, Ventnor City, New Jersey
( Marker is on South Somerset Avenue just north of Boardwalk, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2007
The Vision.
New Jersey was the site of the first organized baseball game, played in Hoboken on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine defeated the Knickerbockers 23-1 in a game that lasted four innings.