The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . The village l)lacksmitli. tify that nothing ofthis sort has occur-red so recently asthat year, and it isprobable that thesketch is of earlierdate. OLD HARBOR LIGHTS. The commandingposition now occu-pied by the MarineHospital was withinthe writers memo- a brig has anchored thereoff the Marine larger of the two gras-sy islands is Ferryboat Is-land, because Isaac Chase,who established the ferrybetween Holmes
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . The village l)lacksmitli. tify that nothing ofthis sort has occur-red so recently asthat year, and it isprobable that thesketch is of earlierdate. OLD HARBOR LIGHTS. The commandingposition now occu-pied by the MarineHospital was withinthe writers memo- a brig has anchored thereoff the Marine larger of the two gras-sy islands is Ferryboat Is-land, because Isaac Chase,who established the ferrybetween Holmes Hole andFalmouth, was in the habitof bringing his boat insideand anchoring under its pamphlet published in1879 contains a woodcut otVineyard Haven withsloops and a schooner an-chored inside of the BeachRoad. The writer can tes-. Wreckafre from tlie City of Columbus. .Just to tlieleft of the rigging the distance sliows the old mill. OAK BLUFFS TO VINEYARD HAVEN. 85 ry the site of a lighthouse that marked the head of the harbor,though it never saw active service within his time. This musthave been in commission by 1858 or 9. The Hght keeper wasMoses C. Cromwell, who lived in the next house toward the vil-lage at the waters edge. Before this Hghthouse came intobeing there were here three Bug or range lights, situated oneon either side of the hospital site and on one of the islands be-low, probably Ferryboat Island. The list of lighthouses pub-lished for 1857 has this to say concerning these:— Holmes Hole Beacons, at Holmes Hole Harbor, rangingwith the two channels to the anchorage: 3 fixed lights, red,white and green; 6th order lens; built in 1854. Ranges forentering the harbor at Holmes Hole. Red and white lightsrange for the western entrance and green and white lightsrange for the eastern entrance. 86 MARTHA
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