Ostrich

Historical marker location:

Middle Township, New Jersey

( Marker can be reached from County Park Road, 0.3 miles east of North Main Street (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling west.)

<i>Struthio camelus</i>.

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.