Historic tales of Oak Bluffs / Skip Finley.

By: Finley, Skip [author.]Contributor(s): EBSCOhostMaterial type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resourceISBN: 9781439667590 (electronic bk.); 1439667594 (electronic bk.)Uniform titles: Vineyard gazette. Subject(s): Finley, Skip | African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard -- History | Oak Bluffs (Mass.) -- History -- AnecdotesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 974.4/94 LOC classification: F74.O25 | F56 2019Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
CHAPTER ONE -- My story -- Ann Margetson (December 28, 1931-April 20, 2014) -- Foundations -- Discovery -- Contact -- New Religiion -- Pulpit Rock -- Geography and Geology -- The Barbary Coast -- Early economics -- Methodism -- New beginnings -- Ichabod Norton and Old Harry -- The Azores -- CHAPTER TWO -- Abolitionists -- City in the woods: prayers for all -- The captains of Cottage City: 1866-74 -- The partners -- Triumph, disaster and secession -- Katama and the railroad -- CHAPTER THREE -- The panic of 1873 -- Cottage City -- The end of the Oak Bluffs Land and Whart Company -- Charles Tallman -- Bathing and beaches -- Real estate and neighborhood developments -- Lucy Vincent Smith -- Iconic architects and architecture -- Ellen Weiss -- Robert Taylor -- Samuel Freeman Pratt (1824-1920) -- The pink house -- Tarleton Cadwallader Luce -- CHAPTER FOUR -- The great hotels: 1871-79 -- 1874 -- Agassiz Hall: the Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute -- Cottage City Star -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Freedom -- Secession: 1880 -- Black citizens -- Rural Improvement Society: 1881 -- Town Hall: 1882 -- Phoebe Moseley Adams Ballou: 1883 -- Eunice C. Rocker -- The flying horses: 1884 -- Electricity -- Soldiers' Memorial Fountain: Charles Strahan (November 10, 1840-March 24, 1931) -- Titticut Follies --
CHAPTER SIX -- The Oakland Mission: 1895 -- The Bradley Memorial Church -- Portuguese American Club -- The woman in red -- The automobile arrives -- Phillip J. Allston (1860-1915) -- Shearer Cottage -- Dorothy West -- The inkwell -- Golf -- The Phidelah Rice School for the Spoken Word -- The arcade: Blind Nathan -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Diversions -- The Tivoli Ballroom -- Dreamland -- Movie theaters -- The Herald and the Old Variety Store -- Henry (Harry) Thacker Burleigh (December 2, 1866-September 12, 1949) -- Airplanes: $10.00 for 10 minutes" -- Prohibition -- Stuart MacMackin -- Eben Davis Bodfish -- Phyllis Clair Deitz (September 2, 1921-July 22, 2014) -- Reverend Leroy C. Perry (1874-June 26, 1960) -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- Joseph Sequeira Vera (July 14, 1928-May 22, 2018) -- Joseph August Sylvia (August 19, 1892-December 2, 1968) -- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908-April 4, 1972) -- Johnny Seaview -- Charles H. "Cee Jay" Jones -- Black Resort -- Dr. Adelaide Mr. Cromwell -- The Swanson House: William Melvin Davey -- Coleman's Corner -- The Swanson House Redux: Truman R. Gibson Jr. -- Herbert Loring Jackson (1908-1978) -- Cottagers Corner -- Judge Herbert Edward Tucker (August 30, 1914-March 1, 2007) -- Lenwood Joseph Overton -- Rally at the Tabernacle --
CHAPTER TEN -- Lola's -- Clarence Leroy Holte (February 19, 1909-January 29, 1993) -- Signs of Oak Bluffs -- Della Louise Brown Taylor Hardman (May 20, 1922-December 13, 2005) -- Wayne Coutinho (August 15, 1946-June 3, 2002) -- Coin Diving -- Chief Eric Blake -- African Americans at Home on an Island -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Philip H. Reed (February 21, 1949-November 6, 2008) -- The Bolling Family -- The Nelson Family -- Final thoughts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the author.
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Description based on print version record.

A collecton of Skip Finley's columns in the Vineyard Gazette from 2012-2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-175).

CHAPTER ONE -- My story -- Ann Margetson (December 28, 1931-April 20, 2014) -- Foundations -- Discovery -- Contact -- New Religiion -- Pulpit Rock -- Geography and Geology -- The Barbary Coast -- Early economics -- Methodism -- New beginnings -- Ichabod Norton and Old Harry -- The Azores -- CHAPTER TWO -- Abolitionists -- City in the woods: prayers for all -- The captains of Cottage City: 1866-74 -- The partners -- Triumph, disaster and secession -- Katama and the railroad -- CHAPTER THREE -- The panic of 1873 -- Cottage City -- The end of the Oak Bluffs Land and Whart Company -- Charles Tallman -- Bathing and beaches -- Real estate and neighborhood developments -- Lucy Vincent Smith -- Iconic architects and architecture -- Ellen Weiss -- Robert Taylor -- Samuel Freeman Pratt (1824-1920) -- The pink house -- Tarleton Cadwallader Luce -- CHAPTER FOUR -- The great hotels: 1871-79 -- 1874 -- Agassiz Hall: the Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute -- Cottage City Star -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Freedom -- Secession: 1880 -- Black citizens -- Rural Improvement Society: 1881 -- Town Hall: 1882 -- Phoebe Moseley Adams Ballou: 1883 -- Eunice C. Rocker -- The flying horses: 1884 -- Electricity -- Soldiers' Memorial Fountain: Charles Strahan (November 10, 1840-March 24, 1931) -- Titticut Follies --

CHAPTER SIX -- The Oakland Mission: 1895 -- The Bradley Memorial Church -- Portuguese American Club -- The woman in red -- The automobile arrives -- Phillip J. Allston (1860-1915) -- Shearer Cottage -- Dorothy West -- The inkwell -- Golf -- The Phidelah Rice School for the Spoken Word -- The arcade: Blind Nathan -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Diversions -- The Tivoli Ballroom -- Dreamland -- Movie theaters -- The Herald and the Old Variety Store -- Henry (Harry) Thacker Burleigh (December 2, 1866-September 12, 1949) -- Airplanes: $10.00 for 10 minutes" -- Prohibition -- Stuart MacMackin -- Eben Davis Bodfish -- Phyllis Clair Deitz (September 2, 1921-July 22, 2014) -- Reverend Leroy C. Perry (1874-June 26, 1960) -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- Joseph Sequeira Vera (July 14, 1928-May 22, 2018) -- Joseph August Sylvia (August 19, 1892-December 2, 1968) -- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908-April 4, 1972) -- Johnny Seaview -- Charles H. "Cee Jay" Jones -- Black Resort -- Dr. Adelaide Mr. Cromwell -- The Swanson House: William Melvin Davey -- Coleman's Corner -- The Swanson House Redux: Truman R. Gibson Jr. -- Herbert Loring Jackson (1908-1978) -- Cottagers Corner -- Judge Herbert Edward Tucker (August 30, 1914-March 1, 2007) -- Lenwood Joseph Overton -- Rally at the Tabernacle --

CHAPTER TEN -- Lola's -- Clarence Leroy Holte (February 19, 1909-January 29, 1993) -- Signs of Oak Bluffs -- Della Louise Brown Taylor Hardman (May 20, 1922-December 13, 2005) -- Wayne Coutinho (August 15, 1946-June 3, 2002) -- Coin Diving -- Chief Eric Blake -- African Americans at Home on an Island -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Philip H. Reed (February 21, 1949-November 6, 2008) -- The Bolling Family -- The Nelson Family -- Final thoughts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the author.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

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