Through the pages of this book, we encounter every

aspect of Keyport’s rich heritage: bustling street-scenes;

magnificent old theaters; busy carriage factories; the oyster

industry in its heyday; the airport where Charles Lindbergh

once made a mysterious visit; Keyport’s own National

Guard unit; the Central Railroad of New Jersey at the peak

of the age of steam; and the devastating fires that nearly

destroyed Keyport in the nineteenth century.