#CapeCodshipwrecks

Don Wilding

Dec 19, 20172 min

Take a Cape history journey with Don

Over the last 16 years, I’ve done a lot of talking, writing, and lecturing about the history of Outer Cape Cod. If you’re interested in...

Don Wilding

Jul 26, 20161 min

Tools of the lifesaving trade

Long before the Cape Cod Canal made life so much easier for mariners, ships had to make their way around the outer bars of the peninsula....

Don Wilding

Jul 24, 20162 min

The icy and heroic rescue of the Castagna

Perhaps you’re wondering why that ship’s steering wheel pictured above is missing a spoke. Would you believe it was because the first...

Don Wilding

Jul 1, 20161 min

Sparrow Hawk survivor comes to life

When it comes to portraying history icons, there might not be an actor who’s more attached to his role than David B. Hobbs is to John...

Don Wilding

Jul 1, 20163 min

Journey with Wilding into Outer Cape history this summer

Don Wilding, a co-founder of the nonprofit Henry Beston Society and Scribe of Cape Cod Lore, will present 14 Cape Cod history lecture...

Don Wilding

Feb 19, 20161 min

Jesse Rivenback's premonition of doom

In February of 1927, the Coast Guard career of Jesse Rivenback was looking up. He had just been transferred from the New London base and...

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