#USLifesavingService

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 21, 20171 min

Peaked Hill's 'hero tried and true'

Cape Cod’s “Graveyard of Ships” on the outer bar claimed many victims during the late 19th century. The list of casualties may have been...

Don Wilding

Mar 31, 20171 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....

Don Wilding

Sep 24, 20161 min

Shipwreck on Peaked Hill Bars

During the 19th and 20th centuries, many lives were lost in shipwrecks along the outer beach of Cape Cod. Six of those casualties came...

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 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

Apr 11, 20161 min

Surf men identities a mystery

Greetings Outer Capers -- I'm researching the U.S. Lifesaving Service on the Outer Cape for a couple of projects, and was provided this...

Don Wilding

Mar 9, 20162 min

Two new talks to debut

In addition to my regular “Henry Beston’s Cape Cod” Thursday night programs for the “Outermost House at the Schoolhouse” exhibit, I’ve...

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