The First Cape Cod Base Ball Team
(From Dan Crowley's "Baseball on Cape Cod") The Cape Cod Baseball League is recognized as the country’s most prestigious amateur baseball league. The rosters of all ten teams are stocked with the top college players from programs across the nation, many of whom are top MLB prospects and [...]
Of Seals and Sandwiches
Town of Sandwich Seal in wood and rope (Don Bayley photo) The Name "Sandwich" Sandwich, Massachusetts is named for the seaport of Sandwich, Kent, England. The name "Sandwich" comes from Old English (O.E.) Sandwic, and literally means “sand village,” “sandy place,” or “place on the sand.” The [...]
Parson’s Walk
Did you know there is a town-owned pathway from the Library parking lot through the woods all the way to School Street? It is called "Parson's Walk" or "Parson's Way." The MACRIS Form on file with the Massachusetts Historical Commission states: "The Parson’s Walk is named for a pathway from [...]
Dodge Macknight
Dodge Macknight by John Peter Russell -- Macknight married the governess of Russell’s children, Louise Queyrel. This portrait (ca. 1888) was bequeathed by Macknight to his sister-in-law, Elise Queyrel. (public domain photo) Dodge Macknight (1860-1950) was regarded by many of his contemporaries as America's first modernist. His [...]
The Boyden Block
A Bit About W. E. Boyden William Ellis Boyden was born in 1807. He ran the Plymouth/Sandwich Stage coach operation starting in 1822. After the Cape Cod Branch Railroad came to town in 1848, he formed the Cape Cod Express Company for handling, packing, picking [...]
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