Island fling
Historic Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have Mass. appeal
Posted: September 2, 2012 at 2:44 a.m.
Sailboats cluster in Edgartown’s harbor. Edgartown, a village on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, was the island’s first permanent settlement and a whaling port by 1825.
It could have happened this way: In the folklore of Wampanoag Indians, the islands were created by Maushop, a revered giant who inhabited Cape Cod long before the Wampanoags’ arrival.
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Travel, Pages 50 on 09/02/2012
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