Tag: Pages of History
Welcome to Cape Cod
Today life is all about speed and instant gratification. Innovations like smartphones, GPS, high-speed internet, streaming music and movies, have…
Read MoreA Homecoming to Remember
The intricate restoration of America’s most famous ship, the Mayflower II, and its journey back home to Plymouth. On April…
Read MoreThe Cod-ification of the Cape
In an early chapter of the epic novel “American Gods” Neil Gaiman relates the story of a ship of sailors…
Read MoreHistory of the Cape Cod Baseball League: The Sons of Summer
Unlike Brooklyn Dodgers fans, whose connection to their “Boys of Summer” is wistful, baseball fans on Cape Cod have a…
Read MoreThe Lighthouse of Hyannis Port
One of the Cape’s most iconic lighthouses stands not upon the dunes of the National Seashore but at a bend…
Read MoreHome is Where the Health Is
Cape Cod Healthcare: from dire beginnings to an essential present. On October 2nd, 1920, Cape Cod Hospital first opened its…
Read MoreThe Eye of the Universe
Imagine a world in which the wealth of the richest towns and cities revolves around the pursuit and hunting of…
Read MoreCape Cod Kitty Hawk
Before people began to take flying machines—and even space bound shuttles and rockets—for granted, the innovations in flight fascinated much…
Read MoreThe Great Blue Way
Author Sue Mellen takes a look at the thriving theater community across the Cape & Islands in her new book.…
Read MoreGrist for the Mill
Every spring, for thousands of years, the sites of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and the Stony Brook…
Read MoreCape Cod Cowboy: General Leonard Wood
Pocasset was the influential childhood home of one of America’s most accomplished figures who was present at some of the…
Read More400 Years in the Making
Take a trip back in time to the event that shaped our nation, and commemorate those who came before us…
Read MoreThe Dazzling Curiosity & Ferocity of Winter Storms on Cape Cod
Winter Storms may be a common occurrence for Cape Codders, but they certainly leave their mark. “Blizzard ’05 worst on…
Read MoreThe story of Barnstable’s James and Mercy Otis
Brother & Sister Of Liberty West Barnstable’s own James and Mercy Otis played integral roles in the founding of America…
Read MoreCotuit Mosquito Yacht Club
The Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club continues to make waves while holding fast to tradition Photos provided by Chris White &…
Read MoreGood Run Good Pace
It started as a fun run, from bar to bar, back in the days before running a road race was…
Read MoreA look at the rich history of Baxter’s
The Baxter name holds a storied, and lasting, legacy With thick fog lifting off a placid morning harbor over a…
Read MoreCape Cod Rum Runners
During the late 1920s, Prescott “Bud” Cummings arrived in Eastham, aiming to make a living as a turnip farmer. Profit…
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