[ 26 ] Henderson Great Island Plaque

Follow Great Island walking trial
approximately 1.4 miles from Parking Lot

The inscription quotes Governor Bradford, and then adds the following:

“One of his descendants lived on, protected,
and loved this land. 1939 – 1962
 Priscilla Allen Bartlett 

Wife of Alexander I. Henderson”

Wampanoag and later English hunters erected look-out towers from which to spot blackfish and other whales along these wild dunes, now part of the National Seashore Park. A trail leads to the site where Smith’s Tavern is said to have sheltered weary sailors in the early 1700s.