Archive for the 'Cape Cod History' Category

Cape Cod’s stagecoach history and how our inn played its part.

by Mike on May 3rd, 2010

Cape Cod’s Kings Highway, now Route 6A, meanders it’s way for some thirty miles through several beautiful villages, which were all settled during the seventeenth century. Our charming village of Yarmouth Port is situated on Cape Cod Bay about halfway along this tranquil and leafy historic district. Visitors who choose to spend time here, are often surprised by how much there is [...]

Cape Cod’s Rock Harbor : the British are now welcome visitors!

by Mike on April 4th, 2010

 Cape Cod never disappoints us on the wealth of its history, and awesome landscape. We have the privilege of living here and running our Cape Cod bed and breakfast as “guests of the U.S.Government”or “Legal Aliens”, and do not miss any opportunity to enjoy our surroundings. Today we had some business to take care of in [...]

Historic Cape Cod names with an “Old England” connection

by Helen on March 29th, 2010

 Some first-time visitors to Cape Cod are amazed to discover that the peninsula/island is a lot more than just a sand-dune, and that in fact Cape Cod is 65 miles long, has 15 separate towns and an area of almost 400 square miles. Any English visitor here (as we were, at one time) will recognise town names, but [...]