Don Wilding
Marconi's journey to Wellfleet
When Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean in 1903, it was an accomplishment that would...
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Don Wilding
- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
The ‘Arctic Winter’ of 1875
As the mercury has plunged across Cape Cod since Christmas, memories of frigid winters past quickly come to mind. In recent years, who...
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Don Wilding
- Apr 19, 2020
- 3 min
Old Harbor Lifesaving Station Tour
In August of 2019, I had the opportunity to go on a tour of the Old Harbor Lifesaving Station at Race Point in Provincetown. Here's a...
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Don Wilding
- Dec 2, 2019
- 1 min
When Underdog came to Cape Cod
It’s not often that mainstream cartoon characters make their way to Cape Cod, but it happened in Sandwich over a half-century ago. During...
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Don Wilding
- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min
Christmas in Ptown: the war years
Originally published in the Cape Codder, Dec. 11, 2017 When Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, it ushered in some of...
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Don Wilding
- Nov 9, 2019
- 2 min
Beston was there for veterans
“Support the Troops.” It’s heard a lot these days. Henry Beston, author of the Cape Cod classic, “The Outermost House,“ knew what it was...
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Don Wilding
- Nov 2, 2019
- 5 min
Tackling the Cape's tough terrain
Originally published in the Cape Codder, Dec. 1, 2015 Here on Cape Cod, there’s two classes of walkers: those who ‘stroll’ … and then...
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Don Wilding
- Nov 2, 2019
- 3 min
Eastham Hiking Club: Remainder of 2019
The Eastham Hiking Club continues its 2019-20 season in November and December. Below is the essential information for the group, which...
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Don Wilding
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Cape Cod and the Somerset's demise
During the American Revolution, one of the great adversaries of New England colonists was the fearsome presence of the British man-of-war...
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Don Wilding
- Oct 31, 2019
- 3 min
Spooky tales from the Cape tip
Originally published in the Cape Codder, Oct. 25, 2019 Since Cape Cod has quite an extensive history, it’s only natural that the...
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Don Wilding
- Oct 30, 2019
- 3 min
Touring Eastham's oldest graveyards
Originally published in The Cape Codder, Sept. 3, 2015 There’s a whole lot of history lurking between the headstones of Eastham’s Bridge...
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Don Wilding
- Oct 28, 2019
- 3 min
‘Perfect Storm’ legacy endures
For many people, the “Perfect Storm” of 1991 was something experienced through the pages of a book or on the silver screen. But here on...
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Don Wilding
- Sep 27, 2019
- 1 min
Cape history walks, talks this fall
The temperatures are starting to drop, but my schedule of Cape Cod History walks and talks is picking up as we move into fall on Cape...
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Don Wilding
- Aug 28, 2019
- 2 min
DW's Cape Cod booking talks now
Don is now booking walks and talks for the upcoming fall, winter and spring seasons. In addition to his popular Rum Running, Shipwrecks,...
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Don Wilding
- May 5, 2019
- 2 min
Hiking Club season winding down
The Eastham Hiking Club will conclude its 2018-19 season this month before taking a summer recess. Below is the essential information for...
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Don Wilding
- Mar 1, 2019
- 1 min
Back in the Saddle ... Sort of
As many of you know, a pretty full schedule of Cape Cod history classes and lectures for January and February had to be abruptly canceled...
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Don Wilding
- Feb 20, 2019
- 3 min
Eastham Hiking Club's Spring Schedule
The Eastham Hiking Club’s schedule has announced its schedule through the end of April. Below is the essential information for the group,...
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Don Wilding
- Jan 23, 2019
- 2 min
Don on the DL; programs canceled
Many of you may be aware that, over the last couple of years, I’ve been dealing with some health issues that I wouldn’t wish on anyone....
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Don Wilding
- Jan 17, 2019
- 1 min
Farewell to Mary Oliver
By now, many of us are sadly aware that Mary Oliver, Provincetown’s Pulitzer-winning poet, passed way earlier today at home in Home...
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Don Wilding
- Jan 11, 2019
- 2 min
A Cape winter, via the written word
With an Arctic blast of air set to take over the Cape over the next few days, it seems appropriate to dig out a few of the finer literary...
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