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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum

Category: Monuments + Museums

1 mile from junction of Routes 6 and 28, Bourne, MA 2553
508.759.9487

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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - expert review
Long before the Canal was a twinkle in Myles Standish's (and later, George Washington's) eye, Native Americans had been portaging goods between two rivers, the Manomet and Scusset, that once almost met at this site; its name in Algonquian means little trap in the river. The Pilgrims were quick to no...
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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - expert review
A monument to the birth of commerce in the New World, the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum was erected on the foundation of the original post archaeologically excavated in the 1920s. Here, in 1627, Plimoth Plantation leaders established a way station between the Native American encampment at Great Herri...
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The museum preserves the first-known commercial enterprise in English-speaking North America. Established in 1627 by Pilgrims from Plymoth Plantation, it was a place to trade with Dutch from New York and barter with Native Americans. VITAL INFO: Best suited for all age groups We are open year-round ...
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Aptucxet Trading Post, Bourne Historical Society, Bourne, Cape Cod, MA
1930, May and June: Restoration of foundations and erection thereon of a replica of the Trading Post, undertaken through the generosity of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants and friendly citizens, by the Bourne Historical Society; the work was done by Eu...
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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum, Bourne, MA : Reviews of Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Yahoo! Travel
In 1627, a trading post was built here to encourage commerce among Native Americans, Dutch colonists and the Pilgrims of Plymouth. It is believed that this was the f...
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Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Bourne, Massachusetts (History Museums)
The museum is a replica of the trading post built on this site in 1627, thought to be the first such establishment on the continent. Exhibits include 17th-century furnishings and Pilgrim, Dutch and Indian relics. The Grounds host President Grover Cleveland's private railroad station, an old windmill...
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