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Gloucester, A History In the quaint town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where the Atlantic whispers tales of yore, the spirit of the sea is interwoven with the lives of its people. The town, known as America’s oldest seaport, has a history steeped in the briny deep, where fishermen have braved the North Atlantic for centuries1. Once upon a time, the harbor bustled with schooners, their sails…

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History of Gloucester Fire Department

History of Gloucester Fire Department

  Gloucester was first established as a settlement in 1623, three years after the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth. The town of Gloucester was incorporated in 1642; it then included Sandy Bay, now the town of Rockport. Gloucester was named after Gloucester England, whence many of the settlers of that year came. The origins of the Gloucester Fire Department began with the fire societies, men who…

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The Giant Squid “Kraken” of Plum Island

The Giant Squid “Kraken” of Plum Island

Assistant Refuge Manager Al Zelly with Refuge officer Bill Papoulios, who discovered the giant squid on Plum Island.

Sightings of the giant squid or “Kraken” have been reported for centuries but the creature was long considered to be mythological. In the 18th Century, Erik Pontoppidan, bishop of Bergen in his book “The Natural History of Norway” claimed that the kraken was sometimes mistaken for…

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Notes and additions to the history of Gloucester This was Great to read. I found out so many accounts of day to day life in Gloucester.

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Gloucester Moors and Poems by William Vaughn Moody

Gloucester Moors and Poems by William Vaughn Moody

GLOUCESTER MOORS AND OTHER POEMS

BY

WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODYALL RIGHTS RESERVED NOTE

Several poems of this collection, including “An Ode in Time of Hesitation,” “The Brute,” and “On a Soldier Fallen in the Philippines,” have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly; “Gloucester…