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    Provincetown History Snippet: From Whaling to Whale-Watching
    October 11, 2019
    Provincetown Whales
    Provincetown, along with New Bedford and Nantucket, was once one of the hubs for hunting whales. By the 1850s, the schooners of enterprising Yankee families were sailing from Provincetown to the rich whaling grounds of the Azore islands to hunt sperm...
    Provincetown History Snippet: The Moors Motel & Restaurant
    September 27, 2019
    Moors Motel Provincetown
    Today it’s AWOL, part of the chain of Lark Hotels, but in the 1950s at the end of Bradford Street Extension you’d have found The Moors Motel and The Moors Restaurant. The promotional postcard for the motel noted it was “Provincetown’s nicest,...
    Provincetown History Snippet: What is The Somerset?
    September 6, 2019
    The Somerset Provincetown
    Provincetown was largely deserted during the Revolution, as many of its men enlisted to fight. Yet together with Truro, Provincetown made one of the war’s biggest captures. The 64-gun British man-of-war Somerset had blockaded Boston and bombarded...
    Provincetown History Snippet: Early Provincetown Homes
    August 30, 2019
    Provincetown History Homes
    The earliest homes in Provincetown were reminiscent of the cottages the early settler left behind, yet adapted to life on a sand bar. They were shingled, built close to the ground with small circular cellars that could withstand the pressure of the...
    Provincetown History Snippet: The Provincetown Airport
    August 23, 2019
    Provincetown History Airport
    Constructed in the 1940s, with a runway first paved in 1948, the Provincetown Municipal Airport consists of developed airside and landside areas maintained for airport facilities and operations, surrounded by undeveloped areas that consist of grasslands,...
    Provincetown History Snippet: Who is Dorothy Bradford?
    August 16, 2019
    Dorothy Bradford Provincetown
    Dorothy May Bradford was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, about 1597, the daughter of Henry and Katherine May. At the age of 16, she married 23-year old William Bradford in Amsterdam, and returned with her husband to take up residence in Leiden,...
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