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Baker brothers and the harbor boat that built a fishery life
The Baker family saga recalls a sturdy boat named wood everlasting and a life in Eastham wa terfront fisheries. They scalloped and dredged sea clams at Billingsgate, drove eel fykes in marsh creeks, and even hunted blackfish to support the war effort with Nye Oil Co. contracts. Warren and Cal Baker recall dangers on deck, wrecks and near drownings, and a rugged era when boats, gear, and grit defined a coastal economy.
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Baker
Billingsgate
Dennis Ledge
Barnstable
Rock Harbor
Earl Eldredge
Alfred Fulcher
Gene
Orleans
Warren
Cal
Baker Brothers
Nye Oil Co
New Bedford
Baker Boys
Encounter
Eastham