All posts tagged "Wellfleet"
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6.8KBusiness and LaborThe Wellfleet Oyster: A Brief History of the Precious Mollusk
Diamond Jim Brady once spat out an oyster served him at New York’s Delmonico’s restaurant. “That’s not a Wellfleet oyster!” exclaimed the...
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6.1KBusiness and LaborCamp Edwards, Cape Cod’s World War II City
One year before Pearl Harbor, many Americans thought the United States would never enter World War II. They might have thought otherwise...
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11.4KArts and LeisureThe True Story of the Jenny Lind Tower (and a Few Good Tall Tales)
People often wonder how and why the Jenny Lind Tower ended up on the sand dunes of North Truro, Mass. It’s an...
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20.0K3MassachusettsMr. Marconi Builds a Radio Station on Cape Cod and Comes to the Rescue of the Titanic
On Jan. 18, 1903, Guglielmo Marconi sent a message from his Cape Cod station, the first radio transmission to cross the Atlantic...
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50.5K24Crime and ScandalBlack Sam Bellamy, the Pirate Who Fought Smart, Harmed Few, Scored Big
Black Sam Bellamy became the wealthiest pirate in history not because of greed but because of anger – anger at the English...
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