by cwd2021 | Aug 10, 2022 | Settlement of Nauset
As an English colonial settlement, the land that became Orleans had its roots in the Mayflower landing of 1620 and the establishment of Plymouth Colony. From the beginning of the settlement, the colonists that settled in Plymouth were concerned about the suitability...
by cwd2021 | Jun 22, 2022 | Founding of Orleans
1797 Eastham continued to grow at a steady pace. By 1655, the number of freemen had increased from the original seven in 1644 to twenty-nine by 1655. Agriculture was the principal source of the livelihoods of the inhabitants. In the years 1717-1718, a dispute arose...
by cwd2021 | Jun 21, 2022 | Cemeteries
Orleans has four cemeteries within its borders – the Rogers Cemetery, the Smallpox Cemetery, the Methodist Burial Grounds, and the Orleans Cemetery. To find more information about the gravesites, the websites findagrave.com and capecodgravestones.com are very useful....
by cwd2021 | Jun 21, 2022 | Significant Sites in Orleans
The land that we now know as Orleans has many significant sites that provide physical reminders of the past. The sites range from the Nauset Heights area where the Nauset tribe farmed and fished, to the homes of sea captains who captained ships carrying goods to far...
by cwd2021 | Jun 9, 2022 | 19 & 20 Century History
Written by Ron Petersen, 2019 Introduction Shipwrecks and lifesaving in Orleans date back to the winter of 1626-1627, approximately 170 years before the town separated from Eastham and was formally incorporated. During that winter, the Sparrow-hawk, carrying...