Past the sanctuary, to the east of U.S. 6, is the =National Seashore headquarters=. Informational services are provided here when the Province Lands Visitor Center is closed in the winter. The =Marconi Station Site=, located past the headquarters on a bluff facing the Atlantic, is where Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first transatlantic radio message, between Theodore Roosevelt and the King of England, in January 1903 (see pages 78-79). While you’re at the Marconi Station Site, take the 1.2-mile =Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail= (see page 97). On Wellfleet’s west side, another trail leads out to and across =Great Island=, a glacial remnant that has become a peninsula. This former island was once dotted with lookout towers for whales and was the location of houses and a tavern. =Other places of interest=: Atwood-Higgins House (inquire at National Seashore visitor centers); Wellfleet Historical Society museum on Main Street; Marconi Beach. ############################################# Truro and Provincetown [Illustration: _Truro rowboats_ _Highland Light_ _Old Harbor Life Saving Museum, Provincetown_ _Blessing of the fleet, Provincetown_] =The narrowing of the Outer Cape and the power of nature readily become evident in Truro and Provincetown. Here the way the wind and the sea move sand around seems to be more noticeable than elsewhere on the peninsula.= =Even in the summer, Truro is relatively desolate for a Cape Cod town, especially when compared with its bustling neighbor to the north, Provincetown, with its writers, artists, actors, and tourists.= Truro Many towns claim many associations with the Pilgrims, and Truro can certainly claim its own. Myles Standish and a small _Mayflower_ group discovered a basket of corn that had been buried by Indians on what is now known as Corn Hill, and another group found a freshwater spring near Pilgrim Lake (see pages 34-35). The town, originally called Pamet and then Dangerfield, took the name of Truro in 1709 because of its similarities to an area of seaside moors and valleys by that name in England. Whaling ships once worked out of Pamet Harbor on Cape Cod Bay, and until the 1860s the town was a major port with its related shipbuilding and fishing facilities and its saltworks. Most of the men made their living at sea, and in 1841 the town lost 57 fishermen in one storm. Today the small center of town has a few restaurants and other facilities for travelers. =Highland Light=—also known as Cape Cod Light—is the second lighthouse constructed on the high bluff overlooking the Atlantic at Truro. The first was built in 1797 and the present one in 1857. Today the U.S. Coast Guard also maintains a radio beacon here to assist ships in their navigation. Nearby is the Truro Historical Society’s =Highland House Museum=.