McCabe and Coast Guard Captain William Purnell. It was done in collaboration with Mayor William W. In 1930 the Ocean City Beach Patrol was formed in order to better protect the bathers that now frequented the shoreline. By 1881, a line was completed across Sinepuxent Bay to the shore, bringing rail passengers on the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad directly into the town to a train station on Philadelphia Avenue and returning to larger city markets with locally caught fish from Ocean City. By 1878 tourists could come by the Wicomico & Pocomoke Railroad from Berlin to the shores of Sinepuxent Bay across from the town. Besides the beach and ocean, it offered dancing and billiard rooms to the visitors of its more than 400 rooms, and for years it was the northernmost attraction in Ocean City. It is still currently owned and operated by the Purnell family. The Atlantic Hotel was originally owned by the Atlantic Hotel Company, but eventually Charles W. The Atlantic Hotel, the first major hotel in the town, opened July 4, 1875. Prior to 1870, what is now Ocean City was known as 'The Ladies' Resort to the Ocean'.

The corporation stock of 4,000 shares sold for $25 each. A decision was made to develop it and 250 lots were cut into it, and a corporation was formed to help with the development of the land. They came not so much to visit as to survey the spit. Soon after, other simple boarding houses were built on the strip of sand, with the activity attracting prominent businessmen from the Maryland Eastern Shore, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Wilmington. During those days, people arrived by stagecoach and ferry. In 1869, businessman Isaac Coffin built the first beach-front cottage to receive paying guests. The land upon which the city was built, as well as much of the surrounding area, was obtained by Englishman Thomas Fenwick from the Native Americans. An Ocean City historical marker in August 2013.

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