June 2026 History Trolley Tour: More Info & Links

• Historic Chatham website, collaboration of Chatham's museums and related organizations.
• All of Spencer Grey's history columns in the Cape Cod Chronicle, 2014-2020, on the Atwood Museum website, here.
• Historical Markers, Monuments, & Plaques in Chatham. Most of the Chatham 300 plaques are listed here, plus lots more. Read the plaque inscriptions on your screen. Click here
• eTourChatham, a smartphone tour published in 2012 for Chatham's 300th, covering 60+ historic sites with brief narratives, plus maps.
• 2020 Historic Chatham virtual bus tour, a Covid-time repeat of 2019's real bus tour. (now dated for references to Covid and closures, but overall still lots of history info). View recording on YouTube
  A page similar to this one, with additional references for all the points on that tour, can be found at eChatham.com/tours/????
• 2021 Lighthouse Area Virtual Walking Tour, Historic Chatham History Weekend Virtual Tour. All the historic points near the Chatham Lighthouse. View the recording on YouTube

Location by Location References

• Chatham 300 History Plaques “History of Chatham” (Plaque #1 and Plaque #2) in front of Chatham Town Hall
• Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
• Chatham Marconi Maritime Center Website
• Chatham 300 History Plaque “Chatham Radio WCC” at the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
• Chatham History Plaque “Antenna Trail” at the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
• Chatham History Plaque “Forest Beach Overlook (WCC Towers)” in South Chatham at site of WCC transmission towers
• Movie The Imitation Game, about WWII breaking of the enigma machiine encryption code.
• Godfrey Windmill
• Godfrey Windmill Website
• Chatham 300 History Plaque “The Godfrey Windmill” at the Windmill
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Godfrey Windmill” by Spencer Grey
• Atwood Street and the Atwood School
  • Chatham 300 History Plaque “The Atwood School” in front of the Atwood School
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Atwood Street” by Spencer Grey
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ School Days” by Spencer Grey
• Atwood Museum
• Atwood Museum Website
• Chatham History Plaque “The Old Atwood House” At The Atwood Museum
• Chatham History Plaque “Chatham's Chimes” At The Atwood Museum
• Chatham History Plaque “Chatham's Twin Light” At The Atwood Museum
• Champlain Monument and Plaque
  • Chatham 300 History Plaque “Champlain's Visit” at the Champlain Monument
  • Champlain Stone Monument “Samuel De Champlain” at the Champlain Monument
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Monomoyicks” by Spencer Grey
• Alice Stallknecht's Barn
  • The Mural Barn Gallery at The Atwood Museum
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Stallknecht Murals” by Spencer Grey
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ What Alice Stallnecht Wight Saw” by Spencer Grey
• Chatham's Three Lighthouses
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Chatham Lights” by Spencer Grey
• Monomoy Island & Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
• Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Website
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Village At Monomoy Point” by Spencer Grey
• Chatham 300 History Plaque “Monomoy's Life Saving Stations”
      This plaque is now located outside the new MNWR visitor center, 791 Main St, Chatham, across from the main Post Office.
• Eldredge Public Library, Marcellus Eldredge, and his role in Chatham's history.
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Enduring Impact of a Native Son” by Susan Mulgrew
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Other Eldredge Brother” by Spencer Grey
• Eldredge Public Library history page here.
• Chatham as a Tourism Destination
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Tourists Discover Chatham” by Spencer Grey
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Tourists Discover Chatham (Part 2) ” by Spencer Grey
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Mattaquasson Hotel” by Spencer Grey
• Pendleton Rescue
  • Chatham History Plaque “The Rescue of the Pendleton” at the Lighthouse Beach Overlook
  • Spencer Grey Maritime Gallery at The Atwood Museum
  • Book and Movie The Finest Hours
• Mayflower Turning Point
  • Chatham 300 History Plaque “The Mayflower Story” at the Lighthouse Beach Overlook
• The Battle of Chatham Harbor
  • Historic Marker The Battle of Chatham Harbor
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Battle of Chatham Harbor” by Spencer Grey
• Mack Monument
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Disaster at Monomoy” by Spencer Grey
• Chatham Lighthouse
• Chatham Lighthouse Coast Guard Auxiliary Chatham Light Webpage & Tour Schedule
• Chatham 300 History Plaque “History of Chatham Light” at the Chatham Lighthouse
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Keepers Of The Twin Lights” by Spencer Grey
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Chatham Loses a Lighthouse” by Susan Mulgrew
• Chatham Old Village
  • The Old Village Association website About the Old Village page
  • Chatham History Plaque “Chatham Packet Wharf” at the end of Water St. in the Old Village
• Unknown Sailors Cemetery
  • Plaque “Sailors Memorial” near the Mack Monument next to the Lighthuse
• Joseph C. Lincoln
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Joseph C. Lincoln” by Spencer Grey
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Silas Bradford's Boy, A Book Report” by Bob Heppe
  • Joseph C. Lincoln Room at The Atwood Museum
• Chatham Bars Inn
  • At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Chatham Bars Inn” by Spencer Grey
  • CBI Website History page
• Chatham Fish Pier
  • Chatham 300 History Plaque “Chatham Commercial Fishing” at the Chatham Fish Pier
• Chatham Railroad Museum
• Chatham Railroad Museum Website
• Chatham 300 History Plaque “Chatham Railroad Depot” at the Chatham Railroad Museum
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ The Train Comes To Chatham” by Spencer Grey
• At The Atwood House Cape Cod Chronicle Article “ Boston To Chatham, Early 20th Century” by Spencer Grey
• Smallpox Cemetery
  • Chatham History Plaque “Training Field Triangle and Chatham's Smallpox Outbreak” at the smallpox cemetery in the Training Field Triangle
  • Doctor Samuel Lord (Smallpox doctor) Historic Marker “Dr. Samuel Lord” on Training Field Rd.