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"From shipwrecks to wild storms -- if it happened on the coast of Cape Cod, prolific author Don Wilding has written about it." -- Chatham Living By The Sea Magazine, 2024
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Outermost Birding with Beston
As the days of autumn grow shorter across Cape Cod, many across the peninsula turn their eyes skyward for some of the best entertainment...
Don Wilding
Sep 26, 20161 min read


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
Sep 24, 20161 min read


Rose Kennedy in spotlight at JFK Museum
There’s no question that Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was the matriarch of one of the most famous families that Cape Cod and the United States...
Don Wilding
Sep 16, 20161 min read


Tales of the rum runners
Nearly a century ago, there was a time that alcoholic beverages could not be manufactured, sold, transported, exported, or imported in...
Don Wilding
Sep 16, 20161 min read


Kudos to Eastham's McDonald
When it comes to maintaining the integrity of the many historic structures, architect Peter McDonald and the Eastham Historical...
Don Wilding
Sep 10, 20161 min read


Hermine calls on Nauset Light Beach
While much of the rain and wind from Post Tropical Storm Hermine departed the Cape Cod area on Monday night, the wave action on the Outer...
Don Wilding
Sep 6, 20161 min read


Beston biography published
The long-awaited and highly-anticipated biography of Henry Beston is now a reality. Dr. Daniel G. Payne, a professor of English at State...
Don Wilding
Sep 2, 20162 min read


Party time in Eastham
There’s been many a tale of good times in Eastham during the town’s 365-year history, but many might find it hard to top the shindig...
Don Wilding
Sep 2, 20161 min read


Witness to disaster at Krakatoa
Over the course of history, many Cape Cod sea captains survived dangerous journeys on the high seas. However, no one may have endured a...
Don Wilding
Aug 26, 20161 min read


Life along the estuaries
Long before European settlers came to Cape Cod, residents of this sandy peninsula had their own way of life, one that was dependent on...
Don Wilding
Aug 19, 20161 min read


25 years ago: Bob calls on Cape Cod
Think of Hurricane Bob, and the thoughts of many turn to the devastation on the Upper Cape, particularly around Buzzards Bay, during this...
Don Wilding
Aug 14, 20161 min read


Meet the Fishers of Cape Cod
Earlier today, I had the opportunity to meet the fishers of Cape Cod. No, this wasn’t a family of people named Fisher. And, no, it wasn’t...
Don Wilding
Aug 12, 20163 min read


Teixeira passed through Outer Cape
Allow me, for a moment, to step away from the Outer Beach and on to the baseball diamond. Earlier today, Mark Teixeira of the New York...
Don Wilding
Aug 5, 20162 min read


Cape Cod's Patriot Days
When it comes to the American Revolution, Boston and Philadelphia are often the first places that come to mind. But the well-known...
Don Wilding
Aug 5, 20161 min read


Three incarnations for Highland Light
Highland Light in Truro may be one of the most significant landmarks on Cape Cod. Since 1797, it’s been a secure guiding light for...
Don Wilding
Jul 29, 20161 min read


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 26, 20161 min read


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 23, 20162 min read


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...
Don Wilding
Jul 19, 20161 min read


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...
Don Wilding
Jul 15, 20161 min read


Native Nightlife under the Buck Moon
The Harwich Conservation Trust and Eastham Conservation Trust will join with 12th generation Cape Codder Todd Kelley and Native American...
Don Wilding
Jul 9, 20161 min read
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