Don Wilding
Seaside storm stories of Nauset, Chatham
It's been a week since the storm known as "Winter Storm Riley" (I prefer the "March 2018 Northeaster" myself) powered its way over Cape...
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Don Wilding
- Mar 9, 2018
- 2 min
'Acceptable sorrow' after storm
Over the past week, the Outer Beach of Cape Cod was pounded with two northeasters (or "Naw-EAST-ahs", as the locals call them), with...
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Don Wilding
- Feb 10, 2018
- 1 min
Speaking dates added for summer
Over the past week, several speaking dates have been added to my schedule for this summer. There’s also been an engagement added for the...
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Don Wilding
- Dec 19, 2017
- 1 min
Don's Top 20 pix: Vote for your favorite!
Throughout the year, Don's scenic photographs of the Outer Cape often appear on the Don Wilding's Cape Cod social media pages --...
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Don Wilding
- Dec 19, 2017
- 2 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...
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Don Wilding
- Sep 23, 2017
- 1 min
Remembering Noel Beyle
When one thinks of Noel Beyle, it’s hard for the mind not to wander into the confines of the Wellfleet Drive-In Theater, the place that...
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Don Wilding
- Aug 18, 2017
- 2 min
Outermost House at Windmill Weekend
I'll be presenting a special talk and multi-media presentation, “The Outermost House: An Eastham Story”, during Eastham’s Windmill...
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Don Wilding
- Mar 31, 2017
- 1 min
Pre-Order 'A Brief History of Eastham'
Don Wilding's book, "A Brief History of Eastham: On the Outer Beach of Cape Cod," will be available from the History Press on July 17....
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Don Wilding
- Feb 3, 2017
- 1 min
The Blizzard of '78 at Nauset Light
Here in New England, there's an abundance of wild stories about the storm known as "The Blizzard of '78." As great as some of these tales...
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Don Wilding
- Jan 6, 2017
- 1 min
Journeys of the 'Three Sisters'
For anyone who wants to have a look at the coastal beacons of a bygone era, the towers known as "The Three Sisters" can be viewed at a...
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Don Wilding
- Oct 26, 2016
- 1 min
Don signs on with The History Press
Don Wilding is happy to announce that he has signed on with The History Press to write "A Brief History of Eastham," which will be...
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Don Wilding
- Oct 14, 2016
- 1 min
Marching back in time
Back in September of 1936, the Eastham Elementary School took a big step into a new age. Now, 80 years later, Eastham Elementary...
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Don Wilding
- Jul 26, 2016
- 1 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....
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Don Wilding
- Jul 24, 2016
- 2 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...
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Don Wilding
- Jul 19, 2016
- 1 min
Learn all about Hopper in Eastham
Bob Seay, the Cape Cod based radio newsman for WGBH radio in Boston, will be bringing his program on artist Edward Hopper back to Chapel...
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Don Wilding
- Jul 15, 2016
- 1 min
Museum lecture all about wampum
As recently as 2008, Emily Rux had no idea of the significance of wampum, the traditional shell beads of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of...
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Don Wilding
- Jul 1, 2016
- 3 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...
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Don Wilding
- Jun 10, 2016
- 1 min
Historian to explore Cape's legendary shipwrecks
There may not be too many folks who know more about Cape Cod shipwrecks than Bill Burke. However, even the longtime Cape Cod National...
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Don Wilding
- May 2, 2016
- 1 min
In-Progress Screening in Chatham
The Henry Beston Society will present an in-progress screening of its upcoming feature length documentary about naturalist writer Henry...
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Don Wilding
- Apr 1, 2016
- 1 min
Underneath Stellwagen Bank
When it comes to experiencing maritime history, many of us have to dig through newspaper archives, books, and other written forms of...
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