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October Speaker Series - "Riding The Train From Wellfleet to Provincetown"

  • Wellfleet Public Library 55 West Main Street Wellfleet, MA, 02667 United States (map)

Riding the Train - Dwight Estey

In 1874 President Ulysses S. Grant rode the train from Hyannis to Provincetown, stopping in Wellfleet along the way. Trace the history of the “iron horse” on the Lower Cape through pictures, newspaper articles, and personal stories. By 1960, the tracks were removed. In a “Then and Now” retrospective museum staff will divulge where one can still find intriguing vestiges from the Era of Rail   

55 W Main Street, Wellfleet Public Library

Earlier Event: October 5
Bound Brook Island Walk
Later Event: November 2
Bound Brook Island Walk