Airttd eak (0. OF THESE FAMOUS WATERIMG PLACES- THEIR ATTf^CTIONS • DRIVES AND PLACES or AMUSEMENT f^ MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS •- PUBLISHED BY " JOm FMURPHY GENERAL- NEWS -AGENT. liY;hh-3^f1-K-R- -EA5TERM DISTRICT . HIGHLAND DIVISION an£>50UTH TERMINAL S-^ATfON .BOSTON. ^ WHEN IN BOSTON ^ w CALL AT THE w News Stand, So. Station M w AND GET A SET OF |g igi Postal Cards of Boston § And Mail Them to Your Friends. ^ yazyi^zyiia^t^^^ T^T?^ ^^'^^^^^y^y^^^ ^ ALSO I THE NEW SOUVENIR OF BOSTON j ig Containing |^ a^ l25 VI EWS ^ ^jy Reproduced From Recent Photographs, w^ PRICE, - 25 Cents 1^ M J. F". MURRHY. ^ A/HWS STAND, ^ |E SO. STATION, BOSTON, MASS. |^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Buy Union Made I j M. ! M. C. A. I A. lOc Cigar. I i I ^^^^^# »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦^^ Tourists always look QADDCD CUflD for a neat and clean DHIlDCIl OllUl When iu Nantucket and during your stay you will find such a place at J. W. BRADY'S, Main Street, Near Post Office. The Best of Service Guaranteed. Albion T. Brownell. Myron W. Brownell. Che Springrkld. The Most Popular Hotel on the Island. It has been entirely refitted this season, and an elegant new dining- room has been ad- ded. It is lighted by both gas and electricity, and has running water on every floor. It is centrally located, within a few minutes' walk from the post office, cable office, steamboat landing and bathing beach, and is the nearest Hotel to the hot salt water baths. Cl)e Rates . . . are from $2.50 to |3.00 per day, from $14.00 upwards per week, according to location of roc»ms. Special rates will be made for the season. H. C. Si m. W. Brownell, Proprietors of "The Springfield." NANTUCKET, - - MASS. Charles Jr£. Carter^ Restaurant and Quick Lunch. ^p-to-date Service. NANTUCKET, - - - MASS. \\ GEO. E. MOOERS, Fumltnre, Feathers, Carpets, Hair, Mattresses, Spring Beds, Refrigerators. PAINTS, WALL PAPER, MATTING, IRON BEDSTEADS, ETC. Agent for the famous GLENWOOD RANGES AND HEATERS, MAIN STREET, NANTUCKET, MASS. THE POINT BREEZE ^ ^ NANTUCKET J^ ^ The Point Breeze is about the best located of the numerous hotels, and is conducted in a manner that has heretofore given tlie best sat- isfaction to guests. The cuisine is unsurpassed and its location is such as to meet with immed- iate approval from the newcomer. The rooms are large, airy apartments, commanding a fine water view. Rates, $2.50 per day BRACEY CURTIS, J- Proprietor mon REAL ESTATE AGENT. Correspondence Solicited Nantucket., - - Mass, . . ISLAND STABLE . . The largest and most up-to-date Stable on the Island. COVIL & PEASE, - Proprietors Carriages Meet All Boats. NANTUCKET, - - MASS. NESBITT HO USE, Thirteenth Season .•. Accommodates About Seventy Guests .'. Rates— $12.00 per xoeek and upwards .-. .-. .-. .-. $2.00 to $2.50 per day Island of Nantucket, Mass. J. D. NESBITT ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ E. H. MATTHEWS, \ I Real Estate Agent I \ \ X COTTAGSS t X TO LET AND FOR SALE. I ♦ ♦ Lots, Tracts, of Land and Farms for sale. Cottages cared for during absence X of owners. X * CONTRACTOR ♦ Building, Painting, Repairing and Moving X ^ Cottages. Plans and Specifications X ■ Furnished for Cottages. i OFFICE: X X I 1 137 Circuit Ave., Cottage City, Mass. ♦ ♦ X ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» ^ii^i»(^MAiZ^i^ZAj^^r^2ArX*\^Z\i*S AaX2a^ HOLIDAY INN. This is a thoroughly built house with all modern improvements. Standing on the highest ground of the Island, it receives the sea-breezes from all points, making it cool, comfortable and healthful. The rooms are all outsides and have been newly furnished throughout. The supplies for the table are the best the market affords. Fresh vegetables and dairy products are secured from the island farms. Everything home cooked and prop- erly served. Excellent service throughout the Inn. The rates are $2.00 to $3.00 per day. Table board, $9.00 per week. Address, W. S. SPRINGER, NANTUCKET, J^ MASS. ^IJgggJSC'S^^I^ISI^gSgg^gS^gg: Cfte Courist^s Guide ...TO... Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. A Sketch of these Famous Watering Places; their attractions, drives and places of amuse= ment, with maps and illustrations. Price 10 Cents. PUBLISHED BY Jobn f. murpbp, G«n'l news flls«nt, ■ir. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Eastern District and Highland Division. N. «& M. V. Steamboat Co., and Boston Terminal Station. f / f^ THE SEA CLIFF INN. ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. Open from June 1st to Oct. 1st. Under the management of THE NANTUCKET CO. R. S. WASHBURN, Pres. E. M. GUILD, Sec. & Treas The house is situated on the north Cliff and commands a superb view of the Harbor and Sound as well as of green meadows to the westward. Largeand comfortable rooms, Spacious Verandas. Electric and Gas Lighting. Plumbing, Drainage and Ventilation First Class. Ex- cellent Cuisine and Service. Ball Room, Billiards and Ping Pong Golf, Lawn Tennis, Bathing, Sailing and Driving. Capacity of House 250 Guests. Rates: Single Rooms $18.00 to $25.00 per week. Double Rooms, $36.00 to $55.00 per week. Transient $3.00 to $4.00 per day. Desirable Cottages for Rental. Address E. M. GUILD, Treas. Nantucket, Mass. ienced. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, Tb« lAtaA dtuertrtd hj BftrtbotoD** GrjooliJ. Fuifcotf, About tbti (Ut«, » •■r cet*««it Ui» We«tf- -' ^' tba ouir oa« d «liicb wa liftre kaovladi;*. l>,rf,.f rrt M»jt..» k tkin tj LirJ btarltot; l>a«4ad by Mmjli«» 'or £ao -- " — "• ALE OF MILES. Boundaries of Surveyed Sections. Tho Date of original turvoy bcin;; unilor the namo of the Stotion. -BoUDiULriea of the Ancl«nt SAchem Rights. <^^BOSTON or NEW YORK, ^ C/o. AND -anchored within its waters at one time. In the late summers the vessels of the great yacht clubs of the country fre- quently rendezvous here, their crews and companies making things as lively and inter- esting on shore as their craft render the water scenes picturesque and fascinating. A fine road, running along the side-hill and following the shore of the haven and the out- side Sound, leads from Vineyard Haven to West Chop, the latter the headland forming the northeast extremity of the town, and the northernmost point of the island. In recent years West Chop has been taken possession of by a wealthy Boston, syndicate, which has established here a miniature summer resort, with the finest buildings, appliances and ap- purtenances, which bids fair to become at no distant day, a full-fledged watering place of the most exalted character. At the opposite extremity of the island — its western and southerly end, — is the town of Gay Head. Gay Head is in communication with the towns at the other extreme end of the island, but the ride thither over the island roads is not usually considered easy or inter- Gay Head, 136 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. esting. Its whole territory contains only about 2,400 acres, natura.ly as bare of tree growth as the Rock of Gibraltar, although by planting and assiduous care of late years a few acres of oak, beech and walnut trees have been coaxed into existence. The town takes its name from the fantastic cliff at its western extremity, the **Gay Head" that has been known to many generations of wondering ad- mirers, and which rise sheer and clear almost perpendicularly to a height of 134 feet above the sea. Upon this wild cliff is the finest lighthouse on the American coast, its lantern 173 feet above the water. The name of this interesting section is de- rived from its geological formation, no less than ''twenty-three bright-colored bands of clay, sand, and conglomerate lignite and iron ore being presented on the face of the cliff within four-fifths of a mile. The clays are white, blood-red, dull-red, yellow and green/' To the vessels that have occasion to cruise off this point, to excursionists approaching it from seaward, and to visiting humanity investigat- ing its wonders, the face of this cliff is a revelation, indeed. The town was incorporated only about thirty-two years since, or in 1870. Quite a Ciifs at Gay Head, 138 MARTHA'S VIKEYARD. number of the Indian descendants of its orig- inal population still remain as inhabitants of the place. This section is usually reached by- visitors by excursions from Cottage City, or some of the mainland points from New Bed- ford to Cape Cod, in summer time. The summer visitation to Martha's Vineyard is to every section of its habited portions, but ohiefly, as a matter of course, to Cottage City, where every provision has been made for the reception of the sojourner, or the guest of a day or night, and for the employment and en- joyment of all comers, no matter what their condition or how long or short their stay. With Cottage City as a headquarters, all other sections of the island are easily and pleasantly reached ; so that this place is a centre of de- lights and experiences such as few resorts can present, even in favored New England. The first establishment of Martha's Vineyard as a summering place took place far withio the present century, and an humble, unpreten- tious camp-meeting was the medium through which the influences began to work that have resulted in Cottage City and its summer life and attributes. Previous to the advent of this camp-meeting the point of the island now occupied by Cottage Martha's vineyard. 139 Gay Head Transportation Facilities. City was a wilderness waste. A dwarfed but sturdy tree growth then gave the name ''Oak Bluffs" to the locality, a portion of which still bears that cognomen ; but of dwellings, or clearings, or any of the attributes of individual or community establishment, there were none. The wild grasses waved over the scantily covered sand plains that constitute the soil of the section, and the berry branches and vines, nodded to each other on the slightly inclined hillside, their annual crops u^ntouched and unnoticed by any harvesters save birds and insects. Upon the shores there were no 140 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. wharves or artificial landing places, and the mariner cruising up and down the great high- way opposite, regarded the place as rather to be shunned than sought, and was glad when, in bad weather, he had passed its cliff coast in safety. But the beauty of the situation, the grandeur of its ocean surroundings and outlooks, and the healthfulness of its climate, had not en- tirely escaped the notice of man. The quali- fications it presented as a summer sojourning place were thrust too plainly into the faces of all visitors to be quite disregarded, and in the course of time its claims were sure to receive recognition. The first camp-meeting held here took place in August, 1835, and since that date to the present time hardly a year has passed without a successor of that assemblage upon the same grounds. The members of this pioneer estab- lishment laid out the plat, cleared the under- brush, and perfected the proportions of what has now for many years been known as Trin- ity Park. From that time forward ministers and men of note appeared at the yearly meet- ings, as participants or visitors, and the insti- tution speedily attained wide notoriety. There are some cottage owners and regular visitors MARTHA'S VINEYARD- 141 Metkodist Tabernacle, to the Cottage City of the present day whose dwellings occupy the same spots upon the camp ground that were covered by their tents forty, or even fifty years ago. Grace Chapel, in Trinity Park, now stands upon the very spot once occupied by Father Taylor's Bethel tent. In those days getting to camp-meeting was not the simple and easy matter that it is at the present time. In the early days the parties came in vessels to points opposite the shore of what is now Eastville, over against Vineyard Haven ; or, sometimes their crafts were an- chored near the shore where now stands the 142 Martha's vineyard. Interior Methodist Tabernacle. Oak Bluffs and Highland wharves. The pas- sengers were brought to the shore on rafts, and when the rafts struck the ground in the surf lines stalwart fellows waded off from the sands and carried the women and children ashore on their backs, or in their arms, per- forming the same service for men when desired. Of course, there was a good deal of nervousness about such performances, and ludicrous or exciting events were not lacking. A few ox teams constituted the sole transpor- tation services of the neighborhood. For many years after the establishment of this camp meeting not a building raised its MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 143 Tabernacle, ridge pole in all this section, save only the rough shed erected for the preacher's stand. The members of the meeting were lodged in tents, arranged in a circle precisely as are the cottages in Trinity Park at the present day. The great Tabernacle now in the centre of that part occupies the site of the original preacher's stand. The camp-meeting, vastly changed in its methods and appliances, still exists as a prin- cipal feature of the summer life at Cottage City, and the natural beauties and attractions of this place, and of the Vineyard, remain as 144 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. when fresh from the hand of the Creator. Old Trinity Park, beautiful through its matchless grove and situation, and glorified by associa- tions that signify something more than a re- markable page in New England history, is a most delightful central feature in the ^com- munity enterprise here. Oak Bluffs and the Highlands, and all the sections that individual and social enterprise have developed and brightened, are progressing in the spirit of the age and day, and only enhance a situation upon which Nature has lavished the best of her store. That wealthy men have spent much money within and upon Cottage City is undeniable, but these disbursements have not been made to build up a watering place for the rich, or to render exclusive a colony of wealth hereabouts. The outlay has been put where it can be seen, and it may and does speak for itself. The forty miles of concreted walks and driveways, acres of ornate cottages and public and private buildings, the fine music and festivals, races, and tournaments, of every summer, aid espec- ially the incomparable spring water, coursing in every nook and corner of this city of cot- tages, these, and such as these, are the objects 146 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. for which wealth and influence have been lav- ished in Cottage City, and all grades of citizen- ship have been enterested in the enterprise. As to the sports and pastimes of boating, bathing and iisi|ing, the Vineyard stands in the forefront among summer resorts with rela- tion to these employments. The bathing beaches of Cottage City are of the same class with those of Newport, Narragansett Pier, Cape May, and all the well-known establishments of this kind known up and down the Atlantic coast. Great pains and expense have been in- curred here to utilize fully this grand natural provision. As to the visiting sailing craft, there is not a yacht in the North Atlantic waters that does not know how pleasant and desirable a thing it is to make a landfall at the Vineyard, nor hardly a yachtsman who does not so arrange his cruising as to ensure an occasional run ashore at Cottage City. In August, usually, of each year occurs in the Vineyard waters a grand regatta of the New York Yacht Club — an event that interests far and wide. This island may be called the central point around which are grouped great numbers of the finest fishing grounds known to ocean waters. As for bluefishing — that combination MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 147 Vamjj Grounds, Trinity Church. of the two sports, fishing and sailing — it is fair to say that it exists in perfection off the Vineyard shores. The very best bluefish grounds off Massachusetts, and perhaps the best to be found anywhere, are along the west side of Muskegat Channel, near the shore lying south from Edgartown. Muskegat Island lies about seven miles from the Vineyard shores, and through the interval between this island and the Vineyard runs the channel that gives name to the locality, the main channel being close along the Vineyard coast. These inter- nal waters and all the neighborhoods of Mus- kegat are filled with shoals, **grounds" and 148 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. *'rips" — all of them good and available blue- fish haunts. The area covered by the surfaces indicated in the foregoing is from four to five miles in length, by two miles in breadth. Cape Poge is the easternmost point of Mar- tha's Vineyard and the nearest land to Nan- tucket, and is distant from the Cottage City wharves about seven miles. Soon after round- ing this Cape the fisherman will find himself on the Muskegat ^'territory," and among the shoals and rips aforesaid. If he is bent upon'^ the very finest fishing, he will run over the ''Shark Ground," "Tom Shoal," and other attractive localities to Wasque Point, probably finding something of interest and profit in all these places, and, perhaps, if wind and tide both serve, making a ''strike" that will entire- ly satisfy him without further seeking. But, if he cruises from Wasque Point to Skiff's Island, over a rip about a mile and a half in length and formed naturally for the delight of the bluefish, he will occupy the very finest fishing grounds of the region, as his success will probably prove. The last three hours of the ebbing tide is the time to catch bluefish successfully — when the waters are running over the shoals and in- dicating their hurry in the curling rips that Catholic Church. Union Chapel, 152 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. mark the boundaries of the just hidden grounds that check their progress. The first waters of the ebb tide find the waters murky and foul, filled with seagrass and debris and the results from the reversal of the flowing. But for the last half of the ebb the waters are clear, and both fish and fishermen are better pleased with these conditions. But many other varieties than the bluefish are to be freely taken in Vineyard waters. On Squash Meadow Shoal, about two miles off the Oak Bluffs Shore, there are some fine scup and rock bass grounds, and there is good fish- ing for these kinds, as well as for tautog and other varieties, on all sides of the northerly end of the island. For cod, trips must be made to Gay Head and the waters surrounding No Man's Land. The cruise is down the west- ern shore of the island, and involves a sail of from twenty to thirty miles from Cottage City, but the fish will be found when one gets there. There are also cod to be caught about Mutton Shoal and the Outer Reef, in the Muskegat waters. As to the details of daily life at the Vine- yard or within Cottage City, the thousands of little acts and performances that make up each day's experiences and result in the delight MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 153 and recreation of the sojourner — how can these be presented in pen pictures ? For women and children there is no summer resort in the country, save perhaps Nantucket, that can equal the Vineyard situations, and especially Cottage City. The best, indeed the only, sat- isfactory way to test the place is to have per- sonal experience of it, such only as is invol- ved in a visit to these shores. There are in- dividuals and families who form a part of Cot- tage City's summer population who have not missed a single season of visitation here for thirty, thirty-five and even forty, consecutive years. In general terms it is perfectly fair to say that whoever visits the Vineyard once will come again, and will probably be found using influence to induce his friends and neighbors to follow his example. The perma- nent population of Cottage City — from six hundred to seven hundred persons — is aug- mented to ten thousand, fifteen thousand, or even more, in summer time ; but there is room for all comers, delights and enjoyments for every mortal that seeks rest, pleasure and recreation, upon Vineyard lands and waters, and satisfactory experiences that carry no sting or alloy for all who seek communion with Nature, and a temporary forsaking of the cares of the world. The Island HOUSE AND ANNEX Pleasantly Located on Circuit Avenue, Is one of the best appointed and most popular hotels on Martha's Vineyard. Table is unsurpassed and supplied with every delicacy of the season. Ranitary arrange- ments are of the latest and most approved style. Eugene Hayden^ PROPRIETOR. Send for our 1902 Circular. COTTAGE, CITY. GEO. E. MOVERS, Auctioneer and Commission Merchant. REAL ESTATE AGENT. NANTUCKET, - . MASS. ESTABLISHED 1879. NANTUCKET, C C« CROSBY. MASS- Wholesale and Retail Dealer in COAL, WOOD, HAY, GRAIN, FLOUR. Agent Marine Board of Underwriters. Commissioner of Wrecks and Shipwrecked Goods. Whale Street. Between Heads of Old South and Commercial Wharves- ORR COTTAGE, SIASCONSET, MASS. A Superior Family Boarding House. For terms and particulars address WAITT & BOND'S 6LACKST0NE Without an exception The Leading lOc Cigar in America. Warranted Clear Havana Filler. 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