Long Beach Island’s history is one of historic storms, shipwrecks, fishing and yacht clubs, business owners and vacationers, a tall lighthouse and a long bridge connecting this 18-mile strip to the mainland. While difficult to condense LBI’s centuries, the Brant Beach Taxpayers Association spent months sifting through books and photographs of the Island’s past to create five history panels that were recently installed outside at the Long Beach Township municipal complex.

Three of the panels feature the history of LBI before 1800; the years from 1800 to 1900; and 1900 to 2000.