Lake Tashmoo

January 24, 1930

From Vineyard Localisms to Vineyard Poetry

Vineyard Gazette
Editors of the Vineyard Gazette (Dear sir or Madam, as the circulars say):
Lake Tashmoo
June 20, 1958

Tashmoo Often Compared With Lake Killarney

Vineyard Gazette
The Indians of Martha’s Vineyard - so said a writer in the columns of the Gazette not many years ago - were our first and best poets.
Lake Tashmoo
August 17, 2020

Tisbury Waterways Holds Annual Meeting

Island environmental group Tisbury Waterways, Inc. holds its annual public meeting on Zoom August 27.
Lake Tashmoo

1942

February 27, 1942

New Tashmoo Canal Impresses Visitors

Vineyard Gazette
Lake Tashmoo
Dredging
Fishing
Striped bass
The first hint of spring weather drew visitors in considerable numbers to the newly constructed Tashmoo Creek at Vineyard Haven, where the firm Turner and Breivogel is making the waterway which will turn the lower half of Lake Tashmoo into an arm of the sea. Although plans of the creek were drawn before the opening was votes, and these plans have been available to anyone, the appearance of the creek, as it begins to take shape, exceeds by far the popular conception of what it was to be.
 
January 16, 1942

Blockade Runners Once Used This Historic Creek

Lake Tashmoo
Wampanoag history
Herring Runs
Herring
Revolutionary War
The work of dredging now going on at Tashmoo Creek focuses attention upon one of the historical landmarks of the Island and one of which very little is remembered or preserved. Indians called this locality Chappaquansett, and old records refer to the creek as Chappaquansett Creek, rather than Tashmoo. It is evident that the Indians frequented this place in the olden days, as sizable middens have been located nearby and others are presumably buried beneath the shifting sands or have been washed out to sea.

1930

January 24, 1930

From Vineyard Localisms to Vineyard Poetry

Vineyard Gazette
Lake Tashmoo

Editors of the Vineyard Gazette (Dear sir or Madam, as the circulars say):

1928

March 9, 1928

Big Herring Catch At Tashmoo Likely

Vineyard Gazette
Lake Tashmoo
Herring Runs
Fishing
Herring
The approach of spring is heralded on the Vineyard, as well as at many other points on the coast, by the running of fish. Fish are to be had at any month in the year if one knows how and where to get them, but no movement of a school or body takes place during the winter in the waters near the shore or the land-locked lakes and ponds.
 

1898

August 4, 1898

Tashmoo Golf Links

Vineyard Gazette
Golf
Tisbury History
Lake Tashmoo

The much talked of golf links near Tashmoo, Vineyard Haven, has become a reality. The course was laid out by Mr. Alex. H. Findlay, the celebrated New England expert, and is 2,100 yards in length, 9 holes, starting near the pumping station. Mr. Findlay is of the opinion it is one of the prettiest runs in Massachusetts, and by some little work can be made as good as any in the country. Mr. Samuel Look, who owns most of the land upon which the course is laid, is commended on all sides for his public spirit in donating the use of the land.

1889

February 8, 1889

“Tashmoo”: The New Summer Resort at West Cop, Martha’s Vineyard

Vineyard Gazette
West Chop
Lake Tashmoo
Housing and Development

This new summer resort located at West Chop is very beautifully situated on the shores of Vineyard Haven harbor and Vineyard sound, but a few minutes ride from the village of Vineyard Haven. The gentlemen who have undertaken this new enterprise are men of ample means and business ability; they are spending a large amount of money for the development of the property question. Among the improvements already made might be mentioned the building of a large and substantial wharf into the waters of Vineyard Sound.

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