Discover Provincetown Custom Tours and Excursions: Frank Cook's 270 Pound "Big Fish" is a Favorite Provincetown Story, Circa 1910

If passengers mention topics that especially interest them, I'll give each one some extra attention.

I could talk for three weeks and never run out of things to show you or tell you about Provincetown and its amazing history! If I were to drive you down Commercial Street a dozen times, we could have a totally different tour on each trip, with characters, anecdotes and bits of history that were different on every tour. Various topics could lead us down narrow side streets in other neighborhoods, with different historic characters and stories unfolding all along the way. No two tours are alike. And, once I show you around the town, you will easily find your way to all of the things you'll want to visit, see, do and taste, all on your own. Make the most of your visit to the tip of Cape Cod… Come and join us as we Discover Provincetown!

Monday, July 17, 2017

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!

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"The Dark Side of Provincetown" is a special tour created for Halloween week, but great fun anytime

PTown has ghost stories to tell. Over the years we've had visits from a number of poltergeists, an epidemic that decimated our population, and tragic shipwrecks. We've seen and heard ghostly apparitions, felt a creepy chill on an August night, and made guesses about the disappearance of a Mayflower Pilgrim. We were forced to stand idly by while men perished in a submarine sunk off shore. What about a corpse propped up in the parlor for months? Folks staying in guesthouses have seen spirits and smelled something evil. Never mind the dismembered body found in the dunes, a grizzly murder or two, and our very own serial killer. Provincetown definitely has a Dark Side, and we explore it for Halloween, or by request at any time.