Part 3 — Index
Reading edition
Numbers in italics refer to photographs, illustrations, or maps.
Andrea Doria, 61
Atwood-Higgins House, 38-39
Barnstable, 61, 94
Beaches, 25, 37, 40, 73, 92, 99, 101
Beech Forest, 97, 99
Belmont, August, 65, 106
Beston, Henry, 7, 14, 71, 72, 73, 109
Bicycling, 24, 96, 101, 105
Birds, 66-67, 81, 98-99, 107, 111;
shooting, 70;
watching, 98-99, 101
Blackfish Creek, 30, 58
Boating, 92, 100
Botkin, Henry, 33
Bourne, 106;
bridge, 65, 76
Bradford, William, 31
Brewster, 58, 91, 100-101
Bridges, 65, 76
Buzzards Bay, 70, 106
Cape Cod, 20-21;
Bay, 46, 53, 58;
Branch Railroad, 70;
Canal, 61, 62-63, 65, 106;
history, 69;
House, 7, 38-39;
Light, 62, 64, 104;
Museum of Natural History, 80, 100, 101;
School of Art, 70;
Stranding Network, 80
Cape Cod National Seashore:
camping, 91;
founding of, 17-18, 80;
headquarters, 103;
location, 86;
map, 88-89;
recreation, 92-99;
transportation, 87;
visitor centers, 90
Captains, ship, 50-51, 58-59
Channing, William, 69
Chatham, 28-29, 62, 64, 65, 93, 100, 101
Clams, 93
Cleveland, Grover, 70
Coast Guard, U.S., 64, 65;
Beach, 24, 25, 30, 32, 40, 92
Cobb, Elijah, 50
Columbia, 50
Commerce, 47, 52-53, 69, 75, 76
Cottages, summer, 76
Cranberries, 68, 74-75, 76
Crosby, Charles, 50
Crosby, James E., 50
de Bry, Theodore, 32
de Champlain, Samuel, 32, 101
Dennis, 61
Dunes, 4-5, 29, 30, 46
Eastham, 34, 69, 101-2;
Coast Guard Station, 36;
visitor center, 30, 90, 102.
See also Nauset Marsh
Eldridge, Asa, 51
Elizabeth Islands, 24, 26
Environmental education, 80, 90, 100
Erosion, 28-29, 36-37, 40-41
Fish, 32, 42-44, 45-47, 81;
industry, 53, 54-55, 93
Federal Migratory Bird Treaties, 1916, 70
Gale, October 1841, 59, 64
Geology, 23-30, 36-41, 46;
maps, 26-29
Georges Banks, 25, 59, 64
Glaciation, 7, 23-24, 26-27, 46.
See also Geology
Golf, 71
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 46-47
Grand Banks, 47, 59
Grass, 30-31, 42, 43, 45, 80
Gravestones, 51, 59
“Graveyards of the Atlantic”, 59.
See also Shipwrecks
Great Beach, The, 71
Great Blizzard, 1978, 15, 40
Great Island, 30, 103
Great Pond, 27
Gulf Stream, 46
Hall, Henry, 74
Harding Beach, 101
Hay, John, 71, 109
Head of the Meadow Beach, 25
Herring River, 15
Highland Light, 62, 64, 71, 104
Hiking, 96-97, 103, 104
Hitchcock, Edward, 46
Horseback riding, 97
House on Nauset Marsh, 71
Howe, James, 76
Howes, Osborn, 50
Jeremy Point, 28, 30
Jonathan Young Windmill, 101
Kendrick, John, 50
Kennedy, John F., 17
Kittredge, Henry, 58, 59
Labrador Current, 46
Laurentide ice sheet, 23, 26
Lieutenant Island, 58
Life Saving Service, U.S., 62-63, 64, 65, 105
Lighthouses, 17, 62-63, 64, 65
Lodging, 91
Lower Cape, 24, 25, 46, 86
Maps, 26-29, 33-35, 60, 87-89
Mashpee, 106
Marconi, Guglielmo, 78
Marconi Wireless Station, 28, 78-79, 97, 103
Martha’s Vineyard, 26, 107
Mayflower, 34-35, 106
Messenger, 60
Metacomet (King Philip), 36
Mid-Cape Highway, 76
Monomoy Island, 30, 40, 59, 81;
Point, 28;
National Wildlife Refuge, 80, 101
Morgan, Charles W., 52, 53
Myers, Rowena, 13-14
Nantucket, 26, 46, 107;
Sound, 53, 70
Native Americans, 31, 32-33, 45, 54
Nauset:
Beach, 30, 73, 100;
Light, 17, 62-63;
Marsh, 8, 10-11, 19, 71, 96, 103
Nearby attractions, 106-7
Nickerson, Roland C. State Park, 91, 101
North Beach, 22, 28-29, 30
Old Harbor Life Saving Museum, 105
Old Schoolhouse Museum, 102
Oliver, Mary, 71
O’Neill, Eugene, 28, 71
Orleans, 93, 100
Outer Beach, 7, 15, 25, 86
Outer Cape, 28, 37, 40
Outermost House, The, 40, 71, 72-73, 109
Paddock, Ichabod, 53
Pamet:
Harbor, 30;
River, 24, 29
Paulding, 61
Peaked Hill Bars, 41, 59;
Coast Guard Station, 28-29
Penniman, Augusta, 49, 109
Penniman, Edward, 49, 102-3
Penniman House, 49, 102
Pilgrim Monument, 2-3, 105
Pilgrims, 33, 34-35, 65, 102, 104, 106
Pine, pitch, 31
Plants, 42, 43
Pleasant Bay, 29, 70
Plymouth, 34-35, 102, 106
Ponds:
kettle, 24, 25, 27;
salt, 27, 30
Population, 31, 32-33, 45, 54, 69-71, 76, 86, 104.
Portland, 61
Prence, Thomas, 102
Province Lands, 29, 46, 96;
Visitor Center, 90, 95, 104-5
Provincetown, 2-3, 48, 54, 70-71, 77, 93, 94, 104-5;
Harbor, 30, 47, 53, 65;
Hook, 28, 30, 41;
Players, 70-71;
topography, 30, 40-41, 59
Race Point, 59, 62, 64, 95, 99, 104-5;
Ranger Station, 90
Railroad, 65, 70, 76
Red Jacket, 51
Revenue Cutter Service, 64
Rich, Shebnah, 47
Richardson, Wyman, 71
Roosevelt, Theodore, 79
Safety & health, 108
Sagamore bridge, 65, 76
Saltonstall, Leverett, 17
Salt Pond Visitor Center, 24, 90, 102
Salt marshes, 30-31, 42-43, 45, 80
Saltworks, 56-57
Sandy Neck, 53
Sears, John, 56
Shipping artifacts, 50-51
Shipwrecks, 59, 60-61, 64-65
Smith, John, 47
Smith, Walter, 71
South Wellfleet, 59
Sparrowhawk, 59, 60-61
Speedwell, 35
Stage Harbor, 32, 33
Standish, Myles, 34, 36, 65, 102, 104, 106
Stockholm, 61
Stony Brook Mill, 100-101
Storms, 15, 28-29, 40, 59, 64
Thoreau, Henry David, 54, 57, 58, 69, 71, 72, 109
Tides, 15
Topography, 24-31, 36-41, 59, 76, 80-81, 101, 102
Town crier, 71
Trails, 96, 97, 103, 104
Transportation, 87
Truro, 24, 61, 64, 69, 76, 104
Turner, C. E., 50
Ulysses, 60-61
Upper Cape, 24, 88
Wampanoag Indians, 32-33, 45, 54, 106
Washington, George, 65
Water sports, 92
Weather, 86-87
Wellfleet, 30, 54, 69, 93, 103;
topography, 24, 101;
whaling, 48, 58
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, 103
Whales, 48, 58, 80, 94-95
Whaling, 48-49, 53, 58, 104
Whydah, 59, 61
Wildflowers, 82-83
Windmills, 47, 56-57, 101, 102
Wireless telegraphy, 28, 78-79, 97, 103
Woodlands, 31, 46
Yarmouth, 61
Sharp-tailed sparrow
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Finch, Robert, 1943-
Cape Cod: its natural and cultural history: a Guide to Cape Cod National Seashore. Massachusetts / by Robert Finch; produced by the Division of Publications, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
p. cm.—(Official National Park handbook, Cape Cod National Seashore; handbook 148)
Includes index.
1. Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.)—Guidebooks. I. United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications. II. Title. III. Series: Handbook (United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications); 148.
F72.C3F55 1993 917.44920443-dc20 92-40414 CIP Supt. of Docs, no.: 129.9/5: 148
ISBN 0-912627-56-5
⚝ GPO: 1997—417-646/40503 Printed on recycled paper Reprint 1997
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
The National Park Service expresses its appreciation to all those persons who made the preparation and production of this handbook possible. The Service especially thanks Eastern National Park and Monument Association and The Friends of Cape Cod National Seashore for their financial support of this publication. All photos and artwork not credited below come from the files of Cape Cod National Seashore. Some materials are restricted against commercial reproduction. The book was designed by Richard Sheaff.
John Arsenault 95 whale watchers
Frank Balthis, 106 Mayflower
Tony Bonanno 62-63 Nauset C. G. Station, 104 rowboats
Tom Cawley, 43 sea-lavender and terrapin, 66-67 snowy egret, ruddy turnstone, and willet, 82-83 nightshade, heather, beach plum, cactus, dewberry, St. Johnswort, bellflower, mayflower, aster, laurel, star-flower, and cypress spurge
Concord Free Public Library 73 Thoreau
Donald Demers 38-39 Atwood-Higgins art, mortise
R. R. Donnelley GeoSystems 87 map, 88-89
Steve Dunwell back cover, 17, 19, 22, 68, 90 girl, 93 fisherman, 107 Nantucket
Roger Everett 66-67 dunlin, spotted sandpiper, merganser, yellowlegs, canvasback, eider, green-backed heron, sanderlings
Jeff Gnass 47, 102 schoolhouse, 105 station
Laurel Guadazno 82 goldenrod
Vincent Guadazno 59
William Hartley 16, 42-43 salt hay, snail, sea stars, scallop, lobster, anemone, eelgrass, sea robin, hermit, jelly, rock crabs, sea lettuce, 44, 66 osprey and oystercatcher, 82 water lily
Steven Heaslip, Cape Cod Times 28 inset
Historical Society of Old Yarmouth 51 Eldridge
William Johnson 6, 30, 53, 84-85, 86 umbrella, 92 lifeguard, 96 bikers, 101 windmill, 102 Penniman, 103 Great Island, 104 lighthouse, 109
Library of Congress, 32 Debry, 33 Champlain map, 36 both
Brad Luther, Coastal News Publications 60 map
Ralph Mackenzie 2-3, 9, 13, 18, 67 common terns and great blue heron, 87 artist, 100, 101 house, 105 blessing
Mariners Museum, Newport News 51 Red Jacket
Linda Minnich 58
David Muench 10-11, 12, 15,91 swamp
Mystic Seaport 46, 52
New Bedford Whaling Museum 48 whale, 106 figurehead
Dorothy Michele Novick 33 domed shelters, 75 cranberry art, 87 leaf, 90 crab, 93 shellfish, 94-95 whales, 98-99, 107 hawk, 108 tick, 111
Laurence Parent 97 swamp trail
Peabody Museum of Salem 50 Howes, 60-61 Ulysses
Pilgrim Society 33 treaty, 35 Mayflower
Mae Scanlan 8, 103 door
Richard Sheaff Collection 34 Pilgrims landing, 86 postcard and driver, 92 swimmer, 93 lure, 96 bike art
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities 63
Chatham crew, 71, 76, 77
Spaceshots, Inc. 20-21 Landsat Cape Cod image
Tom Till front cover
Connie Toops 66 ring-billed gull
Robert Tope 26-27 waning glacier
Glenn Van Nimwegen 4-5, 14, 31, 37, 90 tracks
As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering sound use of our land and water resources; protecting our fish, wildlife, and biological diversity; preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places; and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to ensure that their development is in the best interest of all our people by encouraging stewardship and citizen participation in their care. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under U.S. Administration.
Cape Cod
Illustrated features and nearly 200 color photographs and historic images complement Robert Finch’s narrative about Cape Cod’s rich natural and cultural history. Maps and a guide section make this a practical handbook for travelers to the Cape and the National Seashore.
ISBN 0-912627-56-5