STORIES OF CAPE COD _by_ JACK JOHNSON [Illustration] A “DISCOVERY BOOK”... Romantic Facts of All the Cape Cod Towns Copyright 1944 by JACK JOHNSON Designed and printed by THE MEMORIAL PRESS Plymouth, Massachusetts Cover design by Leo Schreiber First Printing August 10, 1944 Second Aug. 25, Third Sept 11, Fourth Oct. 1, 1944 Fifth June 4, 1945 _For additional copies of this book write_: Jack Johnson, Yarmouthport, Cape Cod, Mass. _CONTENTS_ Bourne 1 Sandwich 5 Falmouth 9 Mashpee 13 Barnstable 17 Yarmouthport 21 Dennis 25, 29 Brewster 33 Harwich 37 Chatham 41 Orleans 45, 49 Eastham 53 South Wellfleet 57 Admiral Nimitz 61 Truro 65 Pioneer Trans-Atlantic Steamship Service 69 Provincetown 73 Cape Cod Fishing 77 Cape Cod Beacon 81 First Glider Flight in United States 85 BOURNE---- _300 Years Ago The Pilgrims Visioned Cape Cod’s $50,000,000 Canal_ Myles Standish, the Pilgrim’s engineer, first conceived the idea for the Cape Cod Canal in 1624. Governor Bradford wished for the development in order that his fellow pioneers could better carry on their fur trade with the Dutch in New York. He craved to “avoyd the compasing of Cap-Codd, and those deangerous shoulds, and so make any vioage to ye southward in much shorter time, and with far less danger.” But, the actual building of this eight-mile waterway was delayed for 300 years. August Belmont took over in 1909, and the job consumed five years and $13,000,000. Later the Government acquired the Canal--to date the total cost, including periodic dredging and other improvements, is said to be around $50,000,000. The Canal has proved to be Cape Cod’s greatest contribution to the winning of the war.