History Pre-settlement The city of Long Beach's first inhabitants were the Algonquian-speaking Lenape, who sold the area to English colonists in 1643. From that time, while the barrier island was used by baymen and farmers for fishing and harvesting salt hay, no one lived there year-round for more than two centuries. The bark Mexico, carrying Irish immigrants to New York, ran ashore on New Year's Day.
History Pre-settlement The city of Long Beach's first inhabitants were the Algonquian-speaking Lenape who sold the area to English colonists in 1643 From that time while the barrier island was used by baymen and farmers for fishing and harvesting salt hay no one lived there year-round for more than two centuries The bark Mexico carrying Irish immigrants to New York ran ashore on New Year's Day