They say that the beginnings of the game of golf are lost in history - but it’s not quite that bad on Martha’s Vineyard. Golf, as known to modern man, began here in the early nineties.
Martha's Vineyard History
January 30, 1948
Eleanor R. Mayhew
Most city dwellers take zoning as a matter of course.
July 20, 1943
Vineyard Gazette
Quietly and without any fanfare or other demonstration, the old schooner Alice S.
June 16, 1933
Vineyard Gazette
South Road, the main artery of travel between eastern and western extremities of the Vineyard is at once outstanding in its natural scenery and its historical associations.
April 21, 1933
The Vineyard Gazette
Somewhere on the great plain of Martha’s Vineyard death and the heath hen have met. One day, just as usual, there was a bird called the heath hen, and the next day there was none.
July 8, 1930
Vineyard Gazette
Public attention is continually drawn to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the only public institution of its kind in the county.
October 25, 1929
Vineyard Gazette
Not many Vineyarders have heard of the “King’s Highway” or know that any such road exists on the Island.
August 13, 1929
Vineyard Gazette
An automatic traffic signal has been placed in Monument Square, Oak Bluffs, the first traffic signal in southeastern Massachusetts to be accepted and approved by the Depa
September 16, 1927
Vineyard Gazette
A dream which many Vineyard Haven people have cherished for years is about to be realized in the establishment of a yacht club in that town.
June 15, 1922
Vineyard Gazette
The afternoon of Thursday, June 9, will be pleasantly remembered by the friends of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital who visited and inspected it on that occasion.
May 11, 1922
Vineyard Gazette
The Mansion House, Vineyard Haven, has been sold to George H. Heeley of Providence, R. I., through the real estate office of Henry V. Sanders of New Bedford.
August 4, 1921
Vineyard Gazette
According to stories of fishermen and yachtsmen, “rum-runners” are plying a regular trade between the Vineyard and the mainland.
