Thank you, Nancy. When things like noticing the Cape Cod Canal for the first time catch my interest, I look them up online, browse my local libraries, and search the online resources of historical societies and/or do research in person. I got really lucky in this case with August Belmont, Jr.—when his name came up in the Cape Cod Canal brochure, I said to my husband,” I’m going to look up that guy and hope he has an interesting story.” And he sure does!
Never heard this amazing backstory- where and how do you know to look for it? Always so interesting
Thank you, Nancy. When things like noticing the Cape Cod Canal for the first time catch my interest, I look them up online, browse my local libraries, and search the online resources of historical societies and/or do research in person. I got really lucky in this case with August Belmont, Jr.—when his name came up in the Cape Cod Canal brochure, I said to my husband,” I’m going to look up that guy and hope he has an interesting story.” And he sure does!
I had no idea of any of this, being from the mountain West. Did not know Cape Cod is actually an island. Did not know how that came to be. Cool!
Fascinating!
Who knew? Fascinating!