Smith, Leonard Jr., compiler. Cape Cod Library of Local History & Genealogy, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1992.
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Page 18 - Crowell, Joshua, "Cape Cod Byways," 1935. North Shore Ways of Barnstable - The village of Barnstable, with its abundance of stone walls winding along above a rock-ridged foundation, commands an outlook unique in character and unexcelled in beauty. Sandy Neck, seven miles of irregular glistening dunes forming a giant protecting arm, gives the bay within a distinction and charm which can only be measured by frequent visits with varying ide, cloud, sun and seasonable effects.
One space along the highway presents a beautiful picture, signifying that the few but choice approaches to Barnstable Bay will amply repay investigation.
Of these approaches, beginning at the Yarmouth end of the highway through Barnstable, Keveney Lane is rural and picturesque, Indian Trail compelling but almost too narrow for comfort and Commerce Road has advantages not to be denied. Besides the fact it is a fishing village at the signs at the sandy lanes disclose with gleaming touches of bay and dune in the distance it is primarily a long curving sweep around the edge of thicket, swamp growth, marshes and creek.
Pausing at the bridge over the creek, with the storage plant opposite, we try to locate the ship-yards of
