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    Provincetown History Snippet: The Mackerel Fleet
    December 20, 2019
    Provincetown History Mackerel Fleet
    Provincetown’s fishing fleet has traditionally gone after tuna, cod, haddock, and striped bass, but for many years it’s mackerel—a migratory fish arriving off the Cape in summer—that was one of the area’s primary catches.   The mackerel...
    Provincetown History Snippet: How Did Harry Kemp Die?
    December 13, 2019
    Harry Kemp Provincetown
    He had lived alone for years in one of the dune shacks on Provincetown’s back shore, but poet Harry Kemp spent his last days in a cottage on Howland Street built by his friend Sunny Tasha especially for him. He died on August 8, 1960, of a cerebral...
    Provincetown History Snippet: Old Reliable Fish House
    November 29, 2019
    Fish House Provincetown
    Between Lancy’s Wharf and the engine house of the Colonial Cold Storage plant is a three-story building that once housed the Old Reliable Fish House restaurant and pier, now a forlornly abandoned near-ruin. The structure was a prominent pier from the...
    Five Ways to Make Cannabis Part of Your Fitness Routine
    November 27, 2019
    Cannabis and Fitness
    Your fitness routine could include one or more physical activities like running, swimming, cycling, walking, and working out at the gym, among others. Incorporating cannabis into your fitness routine can absolutely give a new dimension to your life. It will...
    Provincetown History Snippet: The KKK in Provincetown
    November 22, 2019
    Ku Klux Klan Provincetown
    The first Catholics in Provincetown were Irish, and had come here to work in fish-related industries such as salt works and flake yards. There were only 70 of them in 1851, but with the influx of Portuguese families, by 1887 there were 1,730 Catholics in...
    Provincetown History Snippet: The Lost Tea Party Ship
    November 15, 2019
    Boston Tea Party
    In December of 1773 the Boston Sons of Liberty destroyed three shiploads of tea in Boston Harbor, setting the fuse for the American Revolution. But did you know there were supposed to be four ships there? The William was wrecked off Provincetown on its way to...
    Provincetown History Snippet: Early Provincetown Whalers
    November 8, 2019
    Whaling Provincetown
    The Pilgrims were landlubbers. When they arrived in Provincetown and then in Plymouth, whales were still plentiful and close to shore; native tribes hunted the whales in canoes, forcing them to beach themselves. The white settlers soon followed their example,...
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