This is a family that stays together The Nye Family of America Association., Inc. holds a reunion for its members every two years at the Benjamin Nye Homestead & Museum and adjacent Grange Hall, in East Sandwich, Massachusetts.
When Orleans was at the center of international communications The Orleans station operated until it was dismantled by the US Signal Corps during World War II. It was put back into operation in 1952, and finally closed in November 1959. Fortunately the building and its equipment were preserved, and the station opened as a museum in 1972.
Who is Josiah Dennis? Very little is known about the man for whom the town of Dennis was named when it was incorporated in 1793.
From England to Saugus to Sandwich – How the Nye family settled on Cape Cod One of the joys of Cape Cod is the ability to go back in time to experience just how our predecessors lived, worked, raised their families and connected to the land and community. One such locale is the Benjamin Nye Homestead, lovingly restored and curated by the Nye Family ancestors.
Fifty years and thousands of railroad artifacts Over its 50-year existence the museum has continued to collect thousands of railroad artifacts including original and operating Western Union telegraph equipment, lanterns, badges, signs, tools, timetables, menus and passes, promotional literature, original paintings and prints, calendars, a six hundred volume library and a restored 1910 wood sided caboose.