Ocean City
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Maryland's Atlantic Ocean Resort Efforts to establish a resort on the barrier island began as early as 1839. In the late 1860s construction of the Wicomico & Pocomoke Railroad promised an increase in beach visitors, prompting investors to lay out streets and building lots on 267 patented as "The Ladys Resort to the Ocean.
" The resort became known as Ocean City by 1875, when the first major oceanfront hotel was opened.
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