Wellfleet Historical Society and Museum

Join us for our second annual Banana Bash in honor of Wellfleet native, Lorenzo Dow Baker - the Banana King!

We will offer Banana Splits, a taste of Jamaica, historical context for "The Banana King" and several games for children of all ages!

Also, from 12-2:00:
Float Your Boat (make a uniquely original boat that you can float in our pool from Wellfleet to Jamaica) Fun for All Ages. Other Games, too.

From 12:30-1:40:
Hear David Wright speak about the life and times of L.D. Baker, here on the 2nd floor with many of Lorenzo's personal artifacts.

Then, at 2:00:

Hear Dwight Estey speak about L.D. Baker and the Methodists, in the sanctuary at the Methodist church which he helped to re-build.

Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker (1840-1908), Wellfleet fisherman and the banana entrepreneur of the late 1800's, was born on Bound Brook Island. L.D. Baker's first encounter with bananas had no advanced planning; it was pretty much luck. In fact, he was a lucky man in general. He would have frowned and replied it wasn't luck--God was up there, heeding his prayers.