The legacy Samuel Freeman Pratt (1824-1920) left to Oak Bluffs is inestimable. We know little about his early life (his father was a carpenter) but his midlife was spent as an architect.
Development on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard shouldn’t keep anyone up at night, thanks to our overactive but often indecisive Martha’s Vineyard Commission.
Presently the third ranked town in assessed property value, a square mile of Oak Bluffs is worth $289,934,976, ranking second to Vineyard Haven.
The Oak Bluffs Association, established in 1990 to improve tourism and enrich the quality of life for Oak Bluffs community members, traces its ancestry to 1977 when the first Tivoli Day was launched.
Four of the six men (Shubael Lyman Norton, Ira Darrow, Grafton Norton Collins and William Bradley) who formed the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company that built Cottage City were whaling captains.
Lots of successful Oak Bluffs' denizens have traveled the world, but none have seen it so crisply and cleanly as Dr. Bernard A. Harris, author of the book Dream Walker.
A common theme in my columns this summer has been East Chop volunteers. As the summer draws to a close, I begin to think of our winter community. They are an impressive group.
Last Thursday, a rainbow of Oak Bluffs taxpayers, business people and civic leaders united at Union Chapel to hear plans for the newest Washington museum — the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
I recently met with Ann Smith, the executive director of Featherstone. She spent most of the interview bragging about East Choppers’ involvement with and support of Featherstone.