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That Pilgrim Spring at Truro
According to Arthur Wilson Tarbell, writing in “Cape Cod Ahoy,” the site of the Pilgrim Spring at Truro was discovered in later years by a Bostonian named Dr. William H. Rollins. -
Watch for Mare’s Tails
“Mare’s tails” are the long, wispy, feathery clouds one sees occasionally in an otherwise cloudless sky. But note them well. Some of them are marvelously beautiful, and nearly all… -
Nerviest New England Skipper
Known as the “nerviest” skipper along the entire coast of New England, Parker J. Hall once sailed alone from Nantucket to Gloucester in a 96-foot packet. -
Curious Falmouth Facts
The old town records (1894) of Falmouth yield the following curious facts… -
Old Cape Cod Kitchens
Old Cape Cod kitchens were always fresh and cool, open to all work in the summer, and used for storage and common work in the winter. -
Falmouth’s Fame for Strawberries and Turnips
According to Chester A. Crocker, of Marston’s Mills, who was quoted many years ago by Haydn Pearson, writing in a Boston newspaper, Falmouth’s fame not only rested partly on strawberries—a… -
An Older Harwich
In John Hayward’s “New England Gazetteer,” published 1839, is found this account of Harwich: -
A Peaceful Place
Falmouth has always been a peaceful place. Except on two occasions… -
Cape Cod Seasports
Cape Cod might have been created especially for those who feel that life is incomplete without the salt tang of sea, wind, the glint of sun on white caps, the kick of tiller, the soothing warmth of… -
Swiftest Ship
In May of 1853, the village of Centerville in the town of Barnstable, Cape Cod, was delighted and excited at the arrival of the handsome ship Staffordshire at the port of Boston. -
Furs and Wampum
The first settlers in Cape Cod got themselves established largely by trade with the Indians. -
Ancient Wit and Wisdom
The woman who undertook to scour the woods for her husband has abandoned the job. (Soft-soap might have done a better job for her). -
Cape Cod Land Recently Made
If you ever think of Cape Cod as an “old” place, because so much of our American history dates from its discovery by Gosnold and the settlement of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, spreading along… -
Shiverick’s Shipyard
Asa Shiverick and his sons built many fine clipper ships in the famous shipyard, now marked only by a plaque… -
Drum Cellars & Witch Doors
A Cape Cod house was sometimes built with a “drum cellar.” This is a room encircled by a brick wall, and it has a trap door overhead with steep ladder stairs up to the first floor. This… -
Tommy Cod Houses
An early August stroller on Cape Cod’s beaches will stoop down, and with a puzzled look, see near the tide line, a sand ring, shaped like a small stand-up collar, like those worn by grandpa in… -
Clam Shell Horse Hair Plaster
Imagination, ingenuity, and clever hands were needed in the early days of Cape Cod, when the houses, some of which stand sturdily today, were built to stand against the elements of winter winds and… -
Warship Sank Ten Whalers
Down to the bottom went, in a single day of the year 1865, ten whalers of our local ports. The Civil War between North and South had in fact ended before that day, but the Confederate warship Shenandoah… -
Ye Olde Towne Crier
The Town Crier makes his headquarters in the Board of Trade Building, Provincetown. He marches up and down the streets, dressed in a fancy Pilgrim costume, ringing his bell, and pausing every now and… -
The Cape Is Young
The surface of Cape Cod is young geologically. Scientists believe that it may be less than 15,000 years since the Great Glacier retreated, leaving behind the rock, sand, and gravel which form the Cape… -
Old Sandwich, New Sandwich
Sixty-five miles southeast of London, England, there is a little town only two miles in a straight line from the sea, or four miles if one follows the winding little river Stour. It is of no importance… -
Blackfish Ashore
When the legislators of Massachusetts became all tangled up during the summer of 1955 in a debate on whether blackfish are really fish or a type of whale, the Provincetown Advocate waxed eloquent… -
Land Use 1951-1990
I have lived on the Cape for 30 some odd years and have seen quite a change in the amount of development that has taken place here. The dwindling forests and expanding neighborhoods are very evident… -
Cape Codders to the Fore
From the time the Pilgrims first in 1620 stretched their legs on the friendly soil of Cape Cod, at Provincetown, to the Revolution that began in the year 1775, men and women of Cape Cod played a vital,… -
What the Whalers Ate
Cooks aboard the whalers served the men strong vittles. Keeping in mind that the whaling ships were often at sea for “a couple years”, the main items on the whaleship menu were: -
Early Colonial Farmers
A good idea of the life of the people who settled along the shores of Buzzards Bay is to be had from the diary of Isreal Fearing. He was the largest landowner in the region. -
Pride of Provincetown
The people of Provincetown are genuinely proud of the historic fact that it was at Provincetown that the memorable voyage of the Mayflower came to an end. It was there that her anchor, last wet… -
Cape Cod Water Cure
A century and a half ago, according to records brought to light by the clerk of courts, Barnstable County, it was reported “that the Cape Cod Hydropathic or Water Cure Institute is now ready for… -
Timothy Quaint
In 1854, the Home Journal of that period contained the recorded sentiments of one Timothy Quaint on the merits of Martha’s Vineyard as he saw it. Timothy had visited the island on a fishing… -
Dashing Cape Robbers
One of the Cape’s most handsome birds is a robber. With a flash of blue through the air and a swift swoop upon his “prey,” this fellow gets what he is after. -
How Much Was Whale Oil Worth?
When ships were outfitted, crews engaged, and long voyages undertaken in pursuit of whales for their oil, it… -
Early Forests and Trees
When the Pilgrims first entered the wooded areas all along the shores of the Cape, they found there a wide variety… -
What Came of These Prisoners?
In the year 1778, while our country and Britain were engaged in mortal combat, the large armed and hostile British frigate Somerset had the hard luck to be blown ashore and wrecked off Provincetown.… -
Sandwich Has Oldest House
Sandwich is a lovely Cape town, with shaded streets and well kept homes. Be certain and observe the view of the church spires as you pass along Route 6A and better yet take the bypass into the center… -
Riding In The Old Surrey
In the good old days of yesteryear on the Cape, people sometimes went driving or riding to meetin’ or elsewhere in a fringed-top surrey. The surrey was a light pleasure carriage, the two forward… -
Old Wreck Hauled Ashore
On November 28, 1951, the dragger C. R. and M. fouled its nets in the wreckage of an old wreck… -
Life From the Sea
From the very beginnings of modern life on Cape Cod, the sea has furnished food, earnings, and recreation for the dwellers there. It has also battered the land, changed its beaches and contour, wrecked… -
A Cow for the Poor
In 1644 Andrew Hallett of Yarmouth offered a cow or a heifer in calve for the benefit of the poor of Yarmouth. The gift had to be first approved by the Court. -
Wild Animals on Cape Cod
In 1713, the town of Eastham, much vexed by the depredations of wolves, foxes, and deer, voted that “Three pounds bounty be paid in addition to what is allowed by the Province Law for every head… -
Schooling on Old Cape Cod
Every town of the Cape, like those of the rest of Massachusetts, was required by law of the Commonwealth in 1825, to maintain one school master or school mistress if it had fifty families. -
Residential Wind Power
After seeing my electric bill lately, I am seriously looking at installing a wind turbine at my house. If they are going to put the wind farm in Nantucket Sound, they should allow any Cape Cod resident… -
Yarmouth Was Choosey
Just anybody couldn’t become a citizen of Yarmouth. Those who founded the town were choosey about admitting newcomers. Only the sturdiest families were allowed to come in. -
French Cable Comes to Eastham
It is only a little less than one hundred twenty-six years since one of the great events of the nineteenth century occurred on Cape Cod. This was the bringing in of the shore end of the new French cable… -
Rejoicing in Hyannis
When the whaling business came to Hyannis, in 1854, the townspeople were thrilled at the prospect of prosperity’s being “just round the corner.” The ship Enterprise, owned by… -
The Dogvane
On any number of the commercial fishing boats that you will see coming and going about Cape Cod’s harbors, you may notice a small vane or flag of bunting or like material flying from a mast or… -
The Beach was Main Street
“In the early days of Provincetown,” says J. D. B., in the Provincetown Advocate, “the beach between high and low water was the main thoroughfare of the town.” Anyone… -
The Red Headed Mermaid
“Any man who would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for pastime.” This was what one Yarmouth skipper had to say about the “romantic” sea. But it couldn’t have been… -
Prodigal Town
So cosmopolitan that is seems completely un-New England, is the town on the tip of the Cape. Given over to the jurisdiction of Truro in 1714, Provincetown’s free and merry way of living caused… -
Standish Was A Man of Property
Myles Standish left certain property in England to his heir, as well as the Duxbury homestead. Myles Standish’s descendants have, from time to time, claimed this English land. -
Paid Minister in Cord Wood
The inhabitants of Truro, in September 1786, joined with the Town authorities in “calling and settling” the Rev. Jude Damon “in the work of the Gospel Ministry” there.
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