The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
CAPE COD WAY
LEADS THROUGH
HISTORIC LAND
Beautiful Drive Passes by
Home of Pilgrims: Road
Is Picturesque.
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BOSTON. May 25.-The vanguard
Of the army Of motor tourists is al
ready bound out Cape Cod way
that narrow strip OF historic land
plunging out into the Atlantic
the "long arm Of history"
A wonderful drive it IS out to
Provincetown on the very point of
the cape's nose. A wonderful start
it is If the sun is Just pulling itself
out Of the sea as ones car leaves
downtown Boston to drive ont Cvm-
monWealth avenue. 80 qIIety across
the Neponset -.ys, bridge and pause
at tI~ intersection Of the hard-sur-
faced highway with the ocean at
Squanton.
At Squanton are reminders Of
World war days when dozens Of
submarine chasers we're built there.
A few minutes later the car is in
Quincy. home town Of the Adams
clan from President John Adams,
who was born in 1735 in little cot
tage there, to Secretary Of the Navy
Charles Francis Adams Of President
Hoovers cabinet.
Where Adamses Lived
The birthplace of John Adams
and John Quincy Adams. little
houses standing side by side. are
visited by hundreds every summer.
The old Adams Mansion in the OPP
posite side Of town, the First church
where the two Presidents Adams are
buried. the site of John Hancock's
birthplace, the big shipyards-all
these visited, and we are ready to
ride again.
Six miles ahead is bingham. the
"Tand of the Lincolns." In 1649
Samuel Lincoln settled there. One
Of his descendants was General
Benjamin Lincoln Of the Revolution,
the Great Emancipator His farm
is still owned and cultivated by Lin
coins. For nearly three centuries it
has been occupied by members of
the family.
The next stops. Cohasset and
Scituate. are summer colonies of
wealthy Boston families For miles
one drives along the widest and the
most picturesque Of Massachusetts
rockbound coast.
Ancient Lighthouse Still Stands
An ancient lighthouse is still
warning ships of the treacherous
shoals. Another place of interest is
the old home Of Samuel Woodwork
who penned The Old Oaken
Bucket"
Near Msrshf1eld, the next town, IS
the old 1.800-acre farm of Daniel
Webster with wonderful strawberry
fields. The grave of the celebrated
American orator is marked by a
simple stone with the inscription,
Lord. help thou my unbelief"
A three mile detour to Duxbury.
This is the home town Of Governor
Bradford and Elder Brewster of
Pilgrim fame, Here lived also Cap
tain Miles Standish and John and
Priscilla Alden. The old homes of
the StandiSh and Alden families are
SUN wei preserved.
Passes Through Plymouth
Plymouth is next, the first Eng
fish settlement to survive, the home
OF the famed Pilgrims of the May
flower. The monument GROWING the
highest hill is THE National Mon
ument to Our ForefatherS." Down
at the waterfront is the historic
Plymouth Rock
1t is a big granite boulder weigh
ing about seven tons. To protect it
from the relic hunter it is surround
ed by an iron fence and sheltered
by a granite canopy.
A wonderful collection of Pilgrim
relics is in Pilgrim hall on Chiffon
street. The most interesting relic
is Miles Standish's sword. The old
cemetery has gravestones dated
back to 1851.
Town of $4,000
Plymouth today has a population
of $4,000. Next to Boston it is the
largest port in Massachusetts. 1t is
a fishing and a cranberry center.
After leaving Plymouth we go
through Manomet. Sycamore and
Sandwich-the last, town exactly
like the pictures of seventeenth CEN
fury rural Yorkshire villages!
Then Barnstable. Yarmouth, Den
mis- Brewster. Orleans, Eastman
each ancient village nestled uncom-
fortably close to the vsiid waves,
each with a fascinating local history
and numerous traditions.
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