the pilgrims arrived in cape cod in 1621.
the pilgrims arrived in cape cod in 1621.
when did the pilgrims arrive in cape cod?
1621
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bourne was first settled in 1640 by ezra perry as a part of the town of sandwich. it was officially incorporated in 1884, the last town to be incorporated in barnstable county. it was named for jonathan bourne sr. (1811-1889), whose ancestor richard bourne represented sandwich in the first massachusetts general court and was the first preacher to the mashpee wampanoag on cape cod. the town lies at the northeast corner of buzzards bay and is the site of aptucxet trading post, the nation's oldest store. it was founded by the pilgrims in 1627 at a site halfway between the two rivers which divided cape cod from the rest of the state. it was out of this location that the cape cod canal was formed, in order to save time and lives by eliminating the need to sail around the hazardous eastern shores of the cape. because of the canal, bourne is now considered the "first" town on the cape, as all three bridges (the bourne, sagamore and the cape cod canal railroad bridge) are located within the town. most of bourne is on cape cod, buzzards bay and sagamore beach being the villages that are on the mainland side with buttermilk bay forming the western edge of the peninsula (cape) and the bourndale road forming the northern boundary to the cape.
bourne, massachusetts