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The Nauset Archaeological District (or "Coast Guard Beach Site,19BN374" or "North Salt Pond Site,19BN390") is a National Historic Landmark District in Eastham, Massachusetts. Located within the southern portion of the Cape Cod National Seashore , this area was the location of substantial ancient settlements since at least 4,000 BC.
The outer beach, or "backside," of Cape Cod has been the notorious graveyard for more than 3,000 ships since the wreck of the Sparrowhawk in 1626. The high cost in lives and property demanded by the sands of Cape Cod, led to the establishment of the Massachusetts Humane Society in 1786, the first organization in the nation devoted to the rescue and assistance of shipwrecked mariners.
Nauset Regional High School is located in North Eastham, within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and serves students from Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and surrounding towns. Nauset Regional Middle School is located in Orleans, and serves students from the same towns as the high school. Nauset Light Beach, North ...
In 1838, much of the archaeological evidence in this mound was destroyed when several non-archaeologists tunneled into the mound. [4] Great Mound: Located in Section 19 of Madison Township in Butler County, Ohio, with a height of 88 feet (27 m) and a circumference of 511 feet (156 m). Hansen site
By 1890, however, the three lights were dangerously close to the cliff's edge. Since it was impossible at the time to move the three lights intact, three 22-foot (6.7 m) wooden lighthouses with otherwise identical markings were built in 1892 to replace the former lights, each built 30 feet (9.1 m) west of their original sites and using the lenses from the originals.
Nauset Light, officially Nauset Beach Light, [2] is a restored lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, Massachusetts, erected in 1923 using the 1877 tower that was moved here from the Chatham Light. [2] [3] [4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The tower is a cast-iron plate shell lined with brick and ...
Nauset: 2,000 1600 24 W. M. Denevan [85] & J. R. Swanton 199 NE Woodlands Middle Colonies Wenro: 2,000 1600 J. N. B. Hewitt 200 Subarctic & Arctic District of Mackenzie, Canada Awokanak (Slavey, Etchaottine) 2,000 1857 Emile Petitot: 201 Southwest Mexican Cession Hualapai (Walapai) 2,000 1869 J. Ross Browne 202 Northwest Plateau Oregon Country ...
Topo map: USGS Chatham: Nauset Beach Dunes is a mountain in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is located northeast of Chatham Port in the town of Chatham.