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Bourne, Barnstable, MA
Bourne was first settled in 1640 as a part of the town of Sandwich. It was officially incorporated in 1884, the last town to be incorporated in Barnstable County. It was named for Jonathan Bourne Sr. (1811-1889), whose ancestor Richard Bourne represented Sandwich in the first Massachusetts General Court and was the first preacher to the Mashpee Wampanoag on Cape Cod. kids.kiddle.co
Bourne includes: Head of the Bay, Monument Beach, North Pocasset, Pocasset, Saconeesett, Sagamore, Sagamore Beach, South Pocasset, Wennamet Neck, Wing's Neck, Buzzard's Bay, Canaumet (Cataumet), and Gray Gables Station.
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 (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - Bridge Street, Looking South)
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 (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - Monument River, Bourne, Mass.)
Monument River, Bourne, Mass.
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 (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - High School Building, Bourne, Mass.)
High School Building, Bourne, Mass.
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Bourne was first settled in 1640 by Ezra Perry as a part of the town of Sandwich.
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1884 - Bourne is incorporated
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Bourne Massachusetts, 1890
Bourne occupies the northwest extremity of Cape Cod and Barnstable County, and is about 56 miles from Boston, on the Old Colony Railroad. The stations are Buzzard's Bay, Bourne and Bournedale, on the main line, and Monument Beach, Pocasset, Wenaumet, Cataumet, and Sagamore on the Woods Holl Branch. All these are post-offices except Wenaumet.
The town is bounded on the north by Wareham and Plymouth, on the east by Cape Cod Bay and Sandwich, south by Falmouth, and west by various bodies of water forming the eastern extremity of Buzzard's Bay. The harbors are Buttermilk Bay, Red Brook Harbor, Cataumet Harbor, and Back River Harbor. The last is near on the south of Monument River, and forms the western terminus of Cape Cod Canal. Wenaumet Neck, on which there is a lighthouse, projects southwesterly into Buzzard's Bay, having Bassett's and Scraggy Neck islands on the south and Burgess or Tobey's Island on the north. The town is 11 miles long by 5 wide. The assessed area is 23,472 acres, ... Read MORE...
1893 - JOE JEFFERSON'S RESIDENCE BURNED.
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass., April 1. - The beautiful summer residence of Joseph Jefferson, the actor, was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. HELEN McGRATH, the cook, perished in the flames. Several of the help received serious injuries. Mrs. Jefferson and other members of the family escaped uninjured. The fire was caused by an explosion of gasoline in the cellar. It is estimated that $150,000 worth of paintings were consumed, and that the total loss will be $250,000.
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April 2, 1893
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1895 - Bourne
Bourne, a post-town of Barnstable co: Mass, with a station on the Old Colony Railroad, about 17 miles W. of Barnstable. Pop. in 1890, 1442.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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1916
Bourne, a post-town of Barnstable co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R.. about 17 miles W. of Barnstable. The banking point is Wareham. Pop. in 1900, 1657.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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Herman S. HINES (1800, Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA (Middleboro) - 16 April 1895, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
Marcelline LEBEL (29 December 1847, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) - 18 July 1926, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))Charles F SWIFT (1855, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - 28 October 1887, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
Harriet Augusta BENNETT (15 March 1861, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 1 January 1944, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))Carrie Eva PHINNEY (1867, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - 1939, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville))Francis Herbert DUNBAR (7 April 1873, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Watchemoket) (Rumford) - 11 June 1964, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))Robert W BORROWS (3 August 1880, Raynham, Massachusetts, USA - 1960, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))Lester Howard ALLEN (September 1888, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - 12 November 1910, Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA (Middleboro))Elva W AMES (3 October 1888, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - March 1984, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
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