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.
The east-facing coast of Cape Cod has long been known as a graveyard for ships navigating its often-treacherous waters and sandbars. Since the wreck of the Sparrow-hawk in 1626 off the coast of what is now Orleans, there have been more than 3000 recorded wrecks. The number of unrecorded wrecks is, of course, unknown.
The outer beach of Cape Cod has long been infamous for its treacherous waters and more than three thousand shipwrecks are known to have occurred in these waters since such events were recorded.
IsaacSnow’s participation in the American Revolution is a remarkable and iconic story that took place on Cape Cod, in Boston and Newport, at sea on several American privateer vessels, in Portugal, France, and England.
December 16, 2023 was the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, that seismic event in 1773 that changed the course of American History in a substantial and irreversible way.
