Historical Marker

Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Hoxie School Flagpole

Bourne · Barnstable County

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About this site

Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Hoxie School Flagpole is a historical marker in Bourne, Barnstable County. It is one of 250 historical markers documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.

The site sits at 41.7413, -70.6042 near Bourne. The nearest cataloged historic site is Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Gray Gables Railroad Depot (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Jefferson, Joseph Windmill, Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Sagamore Information Booth, and Aptucxet Trading Post Museum - Sagamore Information Booth Shed.

This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This flagpole stands on the grounds of the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum in Bourne, which preserves the site of one of the earliest English trading posts in America. In 1627 colonists from Plymouth Colony built a trading house on the Manomet (Manamet) River to exchange goods with the Wampanoag and with Dutch traders from New Netherland, using it as a way station for wampum. The original post fell out of use by the mid-17th century, and the museum, featuring a reconstruction of the trading house, was established in 1930.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

📍 41.7413, -70.6042 · Bourne, Barnstable County

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