Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Yarmouth, Massachusetts" in English language version.
Although this great captain was continually doing things which excited the admiration of the world, nothing gave him a more lasting reputation than sailing the clipper ship Red Jacket across the Atlantic Ocean to the eastward, from Sandy Hook to the Rock Light, Mersy, off Liverpool, in thirteen days, 1 hour, in 1854.
January 25, 1856, after a voyage across the Atlantic, in which he successfully competed with a Cunard Line steamer, he sailed in the steamer Pacific from Liverpool, England, on a return trip to New York. He was never heard from more. It was a year of most unprecedented disaster to vessels; many were foundered, or went down in the gales; the best nautical opinion is to the effect that the Pacific struck an iceberg and that all on board met an instant death.
It was Yarmouth . . . that taught whaling to the Nantucketers.
Long before English settlers arrived in what is now Yarmouth and Dennis in the 1630s, many generations of Native Americans lived here. Several resident tribes fell under the collective Wampanoag nation. The Pawkunnawkuts occupied both sides of the southern section of Bass River. The Hokanums lived in the northeast section of the town, part of which still bears their name, and the Cummaquids lived in the western section. The area which bordered Nantucket Sound to the south was known as the "South Seas" and the whole of the area that is now Yarmouth was referred to as "Mattacheese." In the native tongue, Mattacheese meant "old lands by the borders of water."
As the 1800s came to a close, more and more people from the cities began to look toward the shore to offer a place of rest and respite from their urban dwellings. West Yarmouth, with its hundreds of acres of rural land and large stretches of sandy beaches, was a prime target for developers who moved in to create summer communities with the names Englewood, Hyannis Park, and Colonial Acres.
Large hotels were built to accommodate the summer trade and West Yarmouth cottages were marketed to those who lived in urban environments. "Cottage" communities also sprang up, especially along Route 28. Offering small, cabin-like dwellings, the cottages provided vacation accommodations for those who were not able to afford a summer at one of the large, grand hotels.
As America's population became more mobile, especially after World War II, cottage communities gave way to motels, and businesses sprang up to cater to the growing tourist trade. Undeveloped acreage between Route 28 and Route 6A gave way to new residential housing, and the modern town that we know today began to emerge.
It was Yarmouth . . . that taught whaling to the Nantucketers.
