Welcome to Life in Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth (historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as “America’s Hometown.” Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims, where …
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Welcome to Life in Orleans, Massachusetts. Orleans is a quaint seaside town that sits on the outer elbow of Cape Cod. The town is famous for its beaches, which are situated on both the wild Atlantic Ocean and calmer Cape Cod Bay. Orleans was first settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who …
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Welcome to Life in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Cape Cod was occupied for more than ten thousand years by numerous indigenous peoples. The historic Algonquian-speaking Wampanoag were the last native people encountered by the English immigrants here and in the area of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century. These two cultures would interact, shaping each …
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Welcome to Life in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Hyannis is a village on the Cape Cod peninsula in Massachusetts. It’s known for beaches like wide Kalmus Park Beach and the private Kennedy Compound at nearby Hyannis Port. The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum chronicles the assassinated U.S. president’s family vacations through videos and photographs. At the harbor, …
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Welcome to Life in Harwich, Massachusetts. HARWICH TRAILS William and Barbara Lang Hacker Wildlife Sanctuary and Island Pond Conservation Lands Janet DeFulvio Wildlife Sanctuary Boardwalk Coy’s Brook Woodlands Bluebird trail at Bank Street Bogs Sanctuary Isabel Smith Monomoy River Conservation Lands Bell’s Neck Conservation Lands Hawksnest State Conservation Lands Thompson’s Field View our official Harwich …
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Welcome to Life in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Since 1928, Nobska Light in Falmouth has provided a familiar beacon for ‘all who do go down to the sea in ships’. 87 feet above sea level, Nobska’s flash every six seconds is visisble 17 miles out to sea. This 28,000 candlepower light used a 1000-watt lamp magnified by …
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Welcome to Life in Eastham, Massachusetts. Originally settled by the Nauset tribe, Eastham was the site where in 1620 a hunting expedition landed, comprised from the crew of the sailing vessel Mayflower, which had stopped in Provincetown harbor on Cape Cod Bay after a rough crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, which led to the first …
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Welcome to Life in Dennis, Massachusetts. Dennis was first settled in 1639, by John Crowe (later Crowell), Antony Thacher and Thomas Howes, as part of the town of Yarmouth. It was known then as the East Precinct. The original inhabitants who preceded English settlers and had a difficult time determining direction called the northern sections …
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Welcome to Life in Chatham, Massachusetts. Downtown Chatham is a great place to spend a few hours with the kids, ending the day at the coolest, modern old-world theater on Cape, the Orpheum. It has a full service bar and a tiny, but delicious assortment of finger foods. You can even bring your glass of …
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