Monthly Archives: October 2012

South Wellfleet Glider School

Posted on October 29, 2012 by pamticeblog@gmail.com

In late July 1928, Peter Hesselbach, premier flier of the Darmstadt Academic in Rossiten, Germany, was catapulted up from Corn Hill in Truro in a glider craft just like the one that had recently set a world record for time … Continue reading →

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Murder In South Wellfleet

Posted on October 21, 2012 by pamticeblog@gmail.com

On the night of May 2, 1859, between 12 and 1 AM, Eben S. Ward was murdered by his son-in-law, Samuel S. Rich.  The Wards lived between the South Wellfleet church/cemetery and the area noted on early maps as “Fresh … Continue reading →

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The Railroad Comes to South Wellfleet

Posted on October 11, 2012 by pamticeblog@gmail.com

The arrival of the railroad on Cape Cod in the middle of the Nineteenth Century brought a new level of change. Now the Cape towns were connected to each other and to the rest of Massachusetts. Fishermen and those harvesting … Continue reading →

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South Wellfleet Stagecoaches, Packet Boats and Early Telegraph

Posted on October 7, 2012 by pamticeblog@gmail.com

As I started to gather my notes about the railroad’s arrival in South Wellfleet, I realized that I should travel back in time a bit further and write about two earlier forms of travel: stagecoaches and packet boats. When the … Continue reading →

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