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Cape Ann is the location of the fictional town of Sea Harbor, the setting of the Seaside Knitters mysteries by author Sally Goldenbaum. Sea Harbor is on the coast, with Gloucester as its nearest neighbor town. Cape Ann is also featured as the setting for the Harry Chapin song "Dogtown," which is also the name for an abandoned town on the Cape.
Thomas Gardner [a] (c. 1592 – 1674) was an Overseer of the "old planters" party of the Dorchester Company who landed in 1624 at Cape Ann to form a colony at what is now known as Gloucester. Gardner is considered by some to have been the first Governor of Massachusetts, due to his being in authority in the first settlement that became the ...
A schooner that caught fire and sank off Gloucester. The wreck was discovered in 2006. Lamartine United States: 17 May 1893 A schooner that sank in a storm off Gloucester. The wreck was discovered in 2004. Louise B. Crary United States: 1902 A schooner that collided with Frank A. Palmer off Gloucester. Margaret United States: 7 January 1796
Once known as the Common Settlement, the area later known as Dogtown is divided between the city of Gloucester and the town of Rockport. [1] Dogtown was first settled in 1693, and according to legend the name of the settlement came from dogs that women kept while their husbands were fighting in the American Revolution. [2]
Gloucester (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / GLOST-ər) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of Massachusetts's North Shore.The population was 29,729 at the 2020 U.S. Census. [2]
The Gloucester sea serpent of 1817, drawing in 1994 book Monsters of the Sea. The Gloucester sea serpent is a legendary creature reportedly seen around and off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts and Cape Ann area in the United States. The heyday of sightings began in August 1817 and continued into 1818–1819.
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Cape Ann Granite quarry in business. [4] 1870 Universalist Centenary. [15] Population: 15,389. [7] 1871 - Gloucester City Hall built. 1872 - Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library incorporated. [16] [17] 1873 Gloucester becomes a city. [1] Lanesville Granite quarry in business. [4] YMCA [4] and Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association [18 ...