Jackson Pollock���s T.P.���s Boat in Menemsha Pond, 1934
Provincetown evolved from a Yankee whaling village,
to a Portuguese fishing town, to an arts community,
and now, to a major tourist destination. In the late
1960s there were more than seventy commercial fishing
boats docked in the harbor. Today, only twelve are
registered. Tourism eclipsed the fishing business in the
1970s and1980s and the remaining fishermen and
year-round residents developed connections to the new
industry in order to meet the rising cost of living. In the
1970s the Provincetown business guild was formed to
promote the town as an international gay destination.
HYLAND
