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By Brandon D Cross, September 21, 2019
1814 Marker
1 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Barnstable — 1814
On Main St (Massachusetts Route 6A) at Railroad Ave, on the right when traveling east on Main St.
2 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — American Merchant Marine Veterans
Near Memorial Circle at Bennington Boulevard.
3 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — Crossing the Bar Memorial — Part of the Merchant Marine Memorial at Massachusetts Maritime Academy
On Academy Drive, on the right when traveling west.
4 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — Massachusetts Pearl Harbor Memorial
Near Memorial Circle at Bennington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
5 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — Merchant Marine Memorial
On Academy Drive, on the right when traveling west.
6 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — SS Blackpoint Memorial — Part of the Merchant Marine Memorial at Massachusetts Maritime Academy —
On Academy Drive, on the right when traveling west.
7 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — SS Pan Oceanic Faith Memorial — Part of the Merchant Marine Memorial at Massachusetts Maritime Academy
On Academy Drive, on the right when traveling west.
8 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — Submarine Service — United States Navy
Near Memorial Circle at Bennington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
9 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — U.S. Navy Armed Guard Veterans of World War II
On Memorial Circle at Bennington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Memorial Circle.
10 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — United States Amphibious Forces — Massachusetts National Cemetery
Near Memorial Circle at Bennington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
11 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Bourne — United States Navy Seabees — Massachusetts National Cemetery
Near Memorial Circle at Bennington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
12 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Buzzards Bay — August Belmont — February 18, 1853 - December 10, 1924
On Scenic Highway (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north.
13 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Buzzards Bay — Cape Cod Canal
On Scenic Highway (U.S. 6).
14 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Buzzards Bay — Still on Patrol
On Scenic Highway (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north.
15 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Buzzards Bay — The Cape Cod Canal
Near Valeri Road (U.S. 6) south of Deerpath Trail.
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16 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Buzzards Bay — William Barclay Parsons
On Scenic Highway (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north.
17 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Chatham — Chatham Commercial Fishing
On Barcliff Avenue at Shore Road (Massachusetts Route 28), on the right when traveling west on Barcliff Avenue.
18 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Chatham — Chatham Packet Wharf
Near Water Street, 0.1 miles east of Main Street.
19 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Chatham — History of Chatham Lighthouse
On Main Street.
20 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Chatham — Original Prop
On Main Street, 0.1 miles south of Water Street, on the left when traveling south.
21 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Chatham — The Rescue of the Pendleton
On Main Street.
22 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Chatham — U.S. Coast Guard Steel 44-Foot Motor Life Boat CG44301
On Main Street south of Water Street, on the left when traveling north.
23 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Eastham — Journey of the Mayflower
Near Ocean View Drive, 0.1 miles south of Doane Road.
24 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Eastham — Nauset Beach Light Station — a Shifting Landmark
On Nauset Beach Rd, 0.2 miles north of Cable Rd., on the left when traveling north.
25 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Eastham — The Life Savers
Near Ocean View Drive. Reported missing.
26 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Eastham — There’s No Place Like Home
On Fort Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
27 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Eastham — Workboat of the Marshes
On Nauset Road.
28 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Hyannis — Hyannis Harbor — Hyannis Kennedy Legacy Trail
Near Ocean Street, 0.2 miles south of South Street, on the left when traveling south.
29 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Hyannis — Hyannis Harbor
Near Ocean Street, 0.1 miles south of South Street.
30 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Hyannis — Hyannis Main Street
On Main Street at Center Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
31 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Hyannis — Maritime Museum — Hyannis Kennedy Legacy Trail
Near Ocean Street south of South Street, on the right when traveling north.
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32 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Hyannis — 6 — National Seashore — Hyannis Kennedy Legacy Trail
On Ocean Street at South Street, on the left when traveling south on Ocean Street.
33 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, North Truro — The Steamship Portland
Near Highland Light Rd, 0.2 miles east of S Highland Rd.
34 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — Benjamin Sparrow — Lifesaving Heritage of Orleans
On Beach Road at Surf Path, on the left when traveling east on Beach Road.
35 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500
On Bay View Drive, 0.1 miles west of Rock Harbor Road, on the right when traveling west.
36 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — Keeping the Light for 114 Years — Nauset Lighthouse
On Nauset Light Beach Rd, 0.2 miles north of Cable Rd, on the right when traveling south.
37 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — Nauset Beach
Near Beach Rd at Surf Path, on the right when traveling east.
38 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — Pushed Back by the Sea
On Cable Road at Nauset Light Beach Rd on Cable Road.
39 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — The Birth of the Coast Guard — Lifesaving Heritage of Orleans
On Beach Road at Surf Path on Beach Road.
40 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — The Legacy Begins — Lifesaving Heritage of Orleans
On Beach Road at Surf Path on Beach Road.
41 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — The Legacy Continues — Lifesaving Heritage of Orleans
On Beach Road at Surf Path, on the right on Beach Road.
42 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — The Legacy Endures — Lifesaving Heritage of Orleans
On Beach Road at Surf Path, on the left when traveling east on Beach Road.
43 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — The Nauset Lights — Cape Cod National Seashore
On Cable Road at Nauset Light Beach Rd on Cable Road.
44 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — The Schooner Montclair
Near River Rd at Main St, on the left when traveling north.
45 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — The Whale of Orleans
On Cove Rd, 0.1 miles east of Route 6A, on the left when traveling east.
46 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans — Three Sisters Lit the Way
On Cable Road.
47 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Provincetown — H.M.S. Somerset
Near Race Point Road.
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48 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Provincetown — Race Point Light — Historical Site
Near an unnamed road, 1.8 miles south of Race Point Road.
49 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Provincetown — Rose Dorothea
On Commercial St, 0.1 miles south of Ryder St EXT, on the right when traveling south.
50 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Sandwich — Changes Through Time
Near Scusset Beach Road, on the left when traveling east.
51 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Sandwich — Sandwich Town Hall/Mill Creek
On Main Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
52 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, South Wellfleet — Guglielmo Marconi — “Every day sees humanity more victorious in the struggle with space and time.”
53 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, South Wellfleet — Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph Station
Near U.S. 6, 1.2 miles Marconi Beach Road, on the right when traveling north.
54 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Truro — Truro Highlands Historic District
On Highland Light Rd at S Highland Rd, on the left when traveling east on Highland Light Rd.
55 Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Woods Hole — Nobska Lighthouse — Latitude 41 30' 54" N Longtitude 70 39' 20"
On 233 Nobska Road.
56 Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Cheshire — Ashuwillticook Rail Trail — Pond for Power
Near Hoosac Drive, 0.6 miles north of Mallard Drive.
57 Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield — Arrowhead — Home of Herman Melville
On Holmes Road, on the right when traveling south.
58 Massachusetts, Bristol County, Fairhaven — William Bradford
On Church Street east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
59 Massachusetts, Bristol County, Fall River — Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal — 1394 – 1460
On Eastern Avenue at Pleasant Street, in the median on Eastern Avenue.
60 Massachusetts, Bristol County, Fall River — USS Massachusetts (BB59) Propeller
On Central Street, on the right.
61 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Ernestina's Many Lives
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.
62 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Cape Verde to New Bedford
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street (Route 104), on the left when traveling south.
63 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Colonel George Claghorn
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.
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64 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — From Whales to Bales
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.
65 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — From Whales to Flatfish and Scallops
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.
66 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Lewis Temple — Blacksmith — Inventor of the Iron Toggle Harpoon Tip —
On Pleasant Street, on the left when traveling north.
67 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Merrill's Wharf
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.
68 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Preserving Whaling's Legacy — The New Bedford Whaling Museum
On Johnny Cake Hill south of Williams Street, on the left when traveling south.
69 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Seamen’s Bethel
On Johnny Cake Hill.
70 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — The Dartmouth
On Centre Street at Front Street, on the left when traveling east on Centre Street.
71 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — The Mariner's Home
On 1st Street just south of Williams Street, on the right when traveling south.
72 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — The Seamen's Bethel
On 1st Street just north of Union Street, on the right when traveling south.
73 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Twentieth-Century Whaling — New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On Union Street.
74 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Viking
On 1st Street just north of Union Street, on the right when traveling north.
75 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Whaling Capital — New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On MacArthur Drive-Pier 3.
76 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Whaling's Final Days
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.
77 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Working Waterfront — New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
On MacArthur Drive-Pier 3.
78 Massachusetts, Bristol County, Rehoboth — Bad Luck Pond
On Reservoir Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
79 Massachusetts, Bristol County, Swansea — Miles (Myles) Bridge — 1997
On Old Providence Road, on the left when traveling east.
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80 Massachusetts, Bristol County, Swansea — Site of Jonathan Barney - Mason Barney Shipyard — 1782-1861
On Old Providence Road at Barneyville Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Providence Road.
81 Massachusetts, Dukes County, Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard — 301 — Gay Head Light
On Aquinnah Circle west of Lighthouse Road, on the right when traveling west.
82 Massachusetts, Dukes County, Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard — Gay Head Light 1856 Remnants
Near Aquinnah Circle west of State Road, on the right when traveling west.
83 Massachusetts, Dukes County, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard — Manuel Swartz Roberts
On Dock Street east of Kelly Street, on the left when traveling east.
84 Massachusetts, Dukes County, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard — Rev. Thomas Mayhew, Jr.
On Edgartown-West Tisbury Road at Coffins Field Road, on the right when traveling east on Edgartown-West Tisbury Road.
85 Massachusetts, Dukes County, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard — Whale Memorial Park
On Dock Street east of Kelly Street, on the right when traveling east.
86 Massachusetts, Dukes County, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard — Historic Clay & Brick Bathhouse
On Seaview Avenue at Oak Bluffs Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Seaview Avenue.
87 Massachusetts, Dukes County, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard — The Marine Hospital Cemetery
On Bridle Path Road north of Carroll's Way, on the left when traveling north.
88 Massachusetts, Essex County, Beverly — Hospital Point Lighthouse — Established 1872
On Bay View Road, 0.2 miles south of Neptune Street, on the right when traveling north.
89 Massachusetts, Essex County, Danvers — In Commemoration of Arnold's Expedition to Quebec
Near Conant Street at Conant Street & High Street (Massachusetts Route 35).
90 Massachusetts, Essex County, Essex — Shipbuilders Memorial
On Main Street (Massachusetts Route 133), on the left when traveling east.
91 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — Admiralty Anchor — In use between 1800 and 1850
Near Rogers Street (Massachusetts Route 127) at Porter Street, on the right when traveling east.
92 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — Blynman Bridge
On Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route 127) at Perkins Road, on the right when traveling north on Western Avenue.
93 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — Captain Alfred (Centennial) Johnson
Near Rogers Street (Massachusetts Route 127) at Hancock Street, on the right when traveling east.
94 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — Captain Howard Blackburn
Near Rogers Street (Massachusetts Route 127) at Hancock Street, on the right when traveling east.
95 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — 17 — Charles Heberle
On Rogers Street (Massachusetts Route 127) west of Duncan Street, on the right when traveling east.
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96 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — Coast Guard Aviation Monument
On Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route 127) at Middle Street, on the right when traveling north on Western Avenue.
97 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — Eastern Point Lighthouse Fog Bell — 1933 - 1969
On Eastern Point Boulevard, 0.6 miles south of Fort Hill Avenue when traveling south.
98 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — In Honor of Nathaniel Haraden
On Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route 127) at Essex Avenue (Massachusetts Route 133), on the right when traveling north on Western Avenue.
99 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — Porter Anchor — Circa 1840 — est wt. 2000 lbs —
Near Rogers Street (Massachusetts Route 127) at Hancock Street, on the right when traveling east.
100 Massachusetts, Essex County, Gloucester — 6 — Salting Fish
On Rogers Street (Massachusetts Route 127) at Porter Street, on the right when traveling east on Rogers Street.

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