Marstons Mills Community Explored in New Book

Local authors tell the story of this Cape Cod village through vintage images
 
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - March 28, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Marstons Mills from local authors James Gould and Vivian Cushing. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images of the beautiful village on Cape Cod.

Marstons Mills is a picturesque, rural village in Barnstable on Cape Cod. With wide-open spaces that were once farmland of Mystic Lake Dairy and Clear Lake Duck Farm, Marstons Mills is a community that has always relied on its rich natural resources.

The Marstons Mills River, one of the best herring runs on the Cape, was responsible for powering the mills that processed wool from local herds. The same river also played a role in the local cranberry industry. Its headwaters rose in the cranberry bogs, where the large-scale production of cranberries first began in America.

In the village center and along its quiet country roads, Marstons Mills has many impressive Greek Revival homes and traditional Cape Cod cottages. These were the homes of whaling masters and clipper ship captains who retired here from the sea.

Marstons Mills presents the village's history through rich and fascinating images and gives readers and residents a view into the past.

Highlights of Martstons Mills include:
•   Antique images of village landmarks and historic houses, some photographs being over 150 years old.
•   The history of how the first airport on Cape Cod was developed.
•   Long-forgotten treasures of the area, such as the first hydroelectric plant on Cape Cod, the first veterinary, the duck farm and the Tanampo Club.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.  

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.
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