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Truro / ˈ t r ɜːr oʊ / is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located slightly more than 100 miles (160 km) by road from Boston , it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod , in an area known as the "Outer Cape". [ 1 ]
The Wampanoag people inhabited and used all of the lands within the national seashore, including the dunes area, prior to European settlement in the 1600s. [4]The Massachusetts Humane Society built some of the earliest extant structures in the dunes area in 1872 to house members of the United States Life-Saving Service, whose mission was to assist survivors of shipwrecks.
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The Truro Highlands Historic District encompasses an area of North Truro, Massachusetts, within the Cape Cod National Seashore, that has served as a recreational destination for more than 175 years.
North Truro is a village in the town of Truro, Massachusetts, United States. Due to its proximity to urbanized Provincetown , it is somewhat more densely developed than the rest of the town, with houses and small resort facilities lining the two main thoroughfares, U.S. Route 6 and MA Route 6A .
The Highland House is a historic hotel building, now serving as a museum, located at 6 Highland Light Road within the Cape Cod National Seashore in Truro, Massachusetts.It is located in the Cape Cod National Seashore near the Highland Light in the Truro Highlands Historic District.
Luna is a historic tugboat normally berthed in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Luna was designed in 1930 by John G. Alden and built by M.M. Davis and Bethlehem Steel. She is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. In 1985, the Luna was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks ...