Wilbert "Huff" Royal

Historical marker location:

1601 N Ohio Ave, Atlantic City, New Jersey

( Marker is on North Ohio Avenue just west of Gramercy Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

1948 - 1996.

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.