Patricia Donnelly

Historical marker location:

31 N Michigan Ave, Atlantic City, New Jersey

( Marker is on North Michigan Avenue just south of Arctic Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

Detroit, MI. Miss America 1939.

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.