Frank Cook's 270 Pound "Big Fish" is a Favorite Provincetown Story, Circa 1910

This black & white photo of Frank Cook's halibut was eventually colorized,
and became one of the most popular postcards of the early to mid 1900s.

One of my favorite stories to tell on the tour is about Frank Cook's 1910 adventure while fishing off of Wood End, in Provincetown's Far West End. He caught a 270 pound halibut on a hand-held line.
You can learn all about this amazing feat on your tour.

I have hundreds of stories about PTown history and boats: stories about fishing, whaling, shipwrecks, pirates, famous ships built by master boatbuilders, and many other stories related to boats and the sea.

I also have hundreds of other stories for you about dozens of other topics in our history, such as the Pilgrims' first landing, the oldest house in town, the nation's oldest art colony, the birthplace of American drama, our Pulitzer Prize winners, our LGBTQ history and countless other topics.

If you'd like, you can choose several specific topics to include on your tour.
No two trips are quite alike.
It's great fun, so come and join us!

Drift Whaling or Strandings Brought an Occasional Bonus to Provincetown Shores

This fin back whale no doubt brought a pretty penny to these gentlemen.

Whaling, in one way or another, brought in a good bit of Provincetown's income from the late 1700s till about 1920. Click this link to read my brief article on drift whaling. These men may have killed this whale at sea and then towed it to the shore behind their boat, or they may have happened upon a stranded whale that had died on the beach. It also could have died miles from here and then drifted to the shoreline, with the receding tide leaving the whale on the beach. Lines have been attached to keep this "catch" from washing out to sea on the next high tide.