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Wareham features
magnificent Onset Bay, spectacular boating and a strong
cranberry tradition.
Plymouth Colony
discovered Wareham’s gems in 1666, when it purchased the
town – then known as Agawam, meaning sandy place – from
the Wampanoag Indians. At the head of Buzzards Bay,
Wareham had fish and oysters in its waters and bog ore
in its marshy fields. Residents set up factories in the
1800s and burned the ore with charcoal to make steel
nails – a history the town is working to preserve after
the last factory closed in 2000.
Cranberry harvesting
is another history locals want to preserve. Wareham sits
in the middle of Southeastern Massachusetts, where most
of the state’s 14,400 acres of bogs lie and is home to
the UMass Cranberry Station, along with four commercial
bogs.
Onset village is a
tradition that continues itself each summer. Victorian
inns sit just steps from white sand beaches with views
of small islands while the surf holds horseshoe crabs
and minnows ready to entertain youngsters.
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Quick glimpse
Municipal website:
www.wareham.ma.us
Incorporated in 1739...Wareham is called the
"Gateway to Cape Cod," because it sits at
the edge of Buzzards Bay next to Bourne, the
first Cape community...has 36 square miles
of land...and 21,200 residents.
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