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[[Image:Cape Ann map.png|thumb|right|Eastern Massachusetts, with Cape Ann]]
'''Cape Ann''' is a rocky
==Etymology==
During the summer of 1606, French explorer
==History==
Prior to the arrival of European settlers, Cape Ann was a home for indigenous people
The English colony at Cape Ann was first founded in 1623. It was the fourth colonizing effort in [[New England]] after [[Popham Colony]], [[Plymouth Colony]] and [[Nantasket Beach]]. Two ships of the [[Dorchester Company]] brought 32 in number with John Tylly and [[Thomas Gardner (Planter)|Thomas Gardner]] as overseers of a fishing operation and the plantation, respectively. At the Cape Ann settlement a legal form of government was established, and from that Massachusetts Bay Colony sprang. [[Roger Conant (colonist)|Roger Conant]] was the governor under the Cape Ann patent, and as such, has been called the first governor of Massachusetts.<ref>Shipton, Clifford K. ''Roger Conant: A Founder of Massachusetts,'' pp. 53-4, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944.</ref><ref>Bartlett, Sarah S. ''Roger Conant in America: Governor and Citizen,'' An Historical Address Delivered at the Conant Family Reunion, Hotel Vendome, Boston, June 13, 1901,
This colony predated Massachusetts Bay charter and colony. For that reason, members of the colony were referred to as "[[Old Planters (Massachusetts)|old planters]]". The first [[Great House (Cape Ann)|Great House]] in New England was built on Cape Ann by the planters. This house was dismantled on the orders of John Endecott in 1628 and moved to [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] to serve as his "governor's" house.<ref name="JGoff">{{cite book|last=Goff|first=John|title=Salem's Witch House: A Touchstone to Antiquity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdGTvyHshBMC|year=2009|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-1-59629-519-3}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> When Higginson arrived in Salem, he wrote that "we found a faire house newly built for the Governor" which was remarkable for being two stories high.<ref>Felt, J.B. (1827) ''Annals of Salem'', W. & S. B. Ives.</ref>▼
▲The English colony at Cape Ann was first founded in 1623. It was the fourth colonizing effort in [[New England]] after [[Popham Colony]], [[Plymouth Colony]] and [[Nantasket Beach]]. Two ships of the Dorchester Company brought 32 in number with John Tylly and [[Thomas Gardner (Planter)|Thomas Gardner]] as overseers of a fishing operation and the plantation, respectively. At the Cape Ann settlement a legal form of government was established, and from that Massachusetts Bay Colony sprang. [[Roger Conant (colonist)|Roger Conant]] was the governor under the Cape Ann patent, and as such, has been called the first governor of Massachusetts.<ref>Shipton, Clifford K. ''Roger Conant: A Founder of Massachusetts,'' pp. 53-4, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944.</ref><ref>Bartlett, Sarah S. ''Roger Conant in America: Governor and Citizen,'' An Historical Address Delivered at the Conant Family Reunion, Hotel Vendome, Boston, June 13, 1901, p. 8.</ref>
▲This colony predated Massachusetts Bay charter and colony. For that reason, members of the colony were referred to as "[[Old Planters (Massachusetts)|old planters]]". The first [[Great House (Cape Ann)|Great House]] in New England was built on Cape Ann by the planters. This house was dismantled on the orders of John Endecott in 1628 and moved to [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] to serve as his "governor's" house.<ref name="JGoff">{{cite book|last=Goff|first=John|title=Salem's Witch House: A Touchstone to Antiquity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdGTvyHshBMC|year=2009|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-1-59629-519-3}}</ref> When Higginson arrived in Salem, he wrote that "we found a faire house newly built for the Governor" which was remarkable for being two stories high.<ref>Felt, J.B. (1827) ''Annals of Salem'' W.&S. B. Ives</ref>
By 1634 the name of Cape Ann was already established, as it is mentioned and depicted on maps in William Wood's ''[[New England's Prospect]]'' first published in that year.
On [[1755 Cape Ann earthquake|November 18, 1755, Cape Ann was the epicenter of an earthquake]], which is extremely rare for Massachusetts.
By the mid-1800s, Cape Ann was known for its specialization in [[granite]] production, specifically in creating paving blocks for roads and streets and were used across the [[United States]] from [[New York City|New York]] to [[San Francisco]].<ref>St. Germain, Paul. ''Images of America: Cape Ann Granite''. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston. 2015.</ref>
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==Popular culture==
Cape Ann is the subject of the folk song 'Cape Ann', which may have been written by Maine-based folk singer [[Gordon Bok]]. It describes a sailor and his negative feelings towards both Cape Ann and the sailors who sail around it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spiegel |first=Max |title=CAPE ANN |url=http://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1073 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=mudcat.org}}</ref> It has been recorded by musicians such as [[The Irish Rovers]], [[Gordon Bok]], and The X-Seaman's Institute (formed as part of the [[South Street Seaport]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cape Ann |url=https://folkways.si.edu/the-x-seamens-institute/cape-ann/american-folk/music/track/smithsonian |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |language=en-US}}</ref>
Cape Ann is the location of the fictional town of Sea Harbor, the setting of the ''Seaside Knitters'' mysteries by author Sally Goldenbaum. Sea Harbor is on the coast, with Gloucester as its nearest neighbor town. Cape Ann is also featured as the setting for the [[Harry Chapin]] song "Dogtown," which is also the name for an [[Dogtown, Massachusetts|abandoned town]] on the Cape.
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Cape Ann is also the location of main character's home in the book ''Trouble''.
Cape Ann is the title of the fifth and final section of T. S. Eliot's poem, "Landscapes," which lists the coastal birds of the region.<ref>Eliot, T. S. The Complete Poems and Plays: 1909-1950. New York: Harcourt, Brace, & World, Inc., 1971. pp. 95.</ref> Additionally, the title of his poem [[The Dry Salvages]] refers to a cluster of rocks "off the N.E. coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts."<ref>{{cite news |last=Parker |first=James |date=October 14, 2012
The fictional town of Paradise, setting of the [[Jesse Stone (character)|Jesse Stone]] novels, is near Cape Ann, which is briefly mentioned in ''[[Night and Day (Parker novel)|Night and Day]]''.
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