Like today, the Vineyard was a place where people committed to freedom, justice, and equality could find not only relief but like-minded people.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Who was Lucy Vincent? And did she have any idea what was going on down on her beach?
Richard Skidmore
What's the origin of Quansoo? Who was Abram Quary? How did the Queen Elizabeth 2 run aground? And where is Quick's Hole?
Watermelon picnics on the beach are a favorite pastime. But in which past time did this picnic, labeled on the back as being on Chilmark’s south shore, occur?
The “Dude Train,” the “Flying Dude,” the “Dude Flyer.” It’s one of the most famous passenger trains ever to run in New England, but you couldn’t walk up and buy a ticket to board it. Nor did any of its various nicknames ever appear in an official timetable or on a station wall. Yet for thirty-three summers, from 1884 to 1916, it plied the tracks from Boston to Woods Hole, a distance of seventy-two miles, whisking wealthy Bostonians at unprecedented speeds and with unsurpassed luxury from their city offices to their summer retreats on Cape Cod and the Islands.
Karl Zimmermann
The shorts are shorter and tighter than they would be by the turn of the millennium. The sunglasses are rounder than they would be once the Oakley wraparound sunglass craze came and went. And the duffles look like something you might take to a Richard Simmons workout session.
Abel's Hill, Adams Sisters, Allen Rock, and Argo Merchant.
Samuel Cronig and the birth of the Vineyard's Jewish community.
Phyllis Meras
