Kimes wrote: > > While browsing in an old 1981 magazine I came across this article about the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. > Another "story" shared by a KIMES researcher said KEIM's "rooming house" had been protected from the ocean's waves by a sand dune. When the sand dune was removed, the tide changed his place into a swimming pool. It was at this point Keim talked the city into building the boardwalk. FACT or FICTION???? Anyway, this MAY be "the" Jacob: Jacob Keim, b: 24 May 1820 E. Nantmeal, now Warwick Twp, Chester Co, PA d: 14 July 1899 Atlantic City, NJ m: 30 January 1845 near Hopewell Furnace, Warwick Twp, PA Spouse: Anna Knauer, b: 24 May 1825 PA d: 21 April 1895 Children: Milton Keim b: 1846 Newton Keim b: 1848 Addison Keim b: 1850