They are the only mistakes I’m glad I made in journalism. Because of them I met the daughter of a whaling master, which, to me, is as remarkable in the latter half of 2004 as meeting the daughter of a Civil War veteran.
Tom Dunlop
In 1822 Fresnel invented the most important breakthrough in lighthouse lights in two thousand years.
Geoff Currier
In March 1932, the last heath hen in the world was seen for the last time on Martha’s Vineyard.
Tom Dunlop
And now for a short history of the yacht club located at the foot of Frog Alley.
It wasn’t until Thomas Hart Benton came to the Island in 1920 that he found himself, and the painting style for which he would become famous.
Sam Low
Baba Smith, Phyllis Aldrich, Sharon Smith, Sunny Wright, and Cynthia Fulton
Brooks Robards
The Frank E. Gannett was the first true ferry ever to serve Martha’s Vineyard.
