Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Tracking history in Pilgrim's footsteps

A group of Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School history students and a Chatham historian are hot on the trail of William Bradford's first perambulation of Cape Cod. Read more ...

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Michael Farber presenting at Dennis Yarmouth School

On December 4th, Mike Farber will talk about how the Pilgrims used a sophisticated blend of surveying techniques to subdivide our lands. Our fore fathers knew the importance of the night sky for navigation and getting a bearing. Read more ...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

December 13 Cornerstone Forum with Michael Farber and the Lighthouse Charter School


The Cornerstone Forum is returning to town after 375 years! By the 1630s, the Pilgrim Elders knew that Cape Cod was their New Promised Land. Boxed in by Massachusetts Bay Colony to the north and barren ground to the south and west, they could only head eastward! They came to Bound Brook at Quivet Creek to establish the Cape's first land survey. Read more...