The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . its cliff coast insafety. But the beauty of the situation, the grandeurof its ocean surroundings and outlooks, andthe healthfulness of its climate, had not en-tirely escaped the notice of man. The quali-fications it presented as a summer sojourningplace were thrust too plainly into the faces ofall visitors to be quite disregarded, and in thecourse of time its claims were sure to receiverecognition. The first camp-meeting held here took placein August, 1835, and since that date to thepresent time hardly a year has passed withouta successo
The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . its cliff coast insafety. But the beauty of the situation, the grandeurof its ocean surroundings and outlooks, andthe healthfulness of its climate, had not en-tirely escaped the notice of man. The quali-fications it presented as a summer sojourningplace were thrust too plainly into the faces ofall visitors to be quite disregarded, and in thecourse of time its claims were sure to receiverecognition. The first camp-meeting held here took placein August, 1835, and since that date to thepresent time hardly a year has passed withouta successor of that assemblage upon the samegrounds. The members of this pioneer estab-lishment laid out the plat, cleared the under-brush, and perfected the proportions of whathas now for many years been known as Trin-ity Park. From that time forward ministersand men of note appeared at the yearly meet-ings, as participants or visitors, and the insti-tution speedily attained wide notoriety. Thereare some cottage owners and regular visitors MARTHAS VINEYARD- 141. Metkodist Tabernacle, to the Cottage City of the present day whosedwellings occupy the same spots upon thecamp ground that were covered by their tentsforty, or even fifty years ago. Grace Chapel,in Trinity Park, now stands upon the very spotonce occupied by Father Taylors Bethel those days getting to camp-meeting wasnot the simple and easy matter that it is at thepresent time. In the early days the partiescame in vessels to points opposite the shore ofwhat is now Eastville, over against VineyardHaven ; or, sometimes their crafts were an-chored near the shore where now stands the 142 Marthas vineyard.
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