Tara Holland

Historical marker location:

25 N Michigan Ave, Atlantic City, New Jersey

( Marker is on North Michigan Avenue just north of Atlantic Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Overland Park, KS. Miss America 1997.

The first recorded boardwalk in the world was built in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1870. The boardwalk was originally constructed as a way to keep sand out of the city's hotels and railway cars.