C. Baer
@cbaer.bsky.social
Teacher, columnist, nerd. Oak Bluffs, MA.
(Photo: Up-Island fisherman Dan Look (1867-1924) stands beside a rare Great White Shark. Menemsha, circa 1910-20. No machine guns used.)
June 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
(Photo: Up-Island fisherman Dan Look (1867-1924) stands beside a rare Great White Shark. Menemsha, circa 1910-20. No machine guns used.)
Prior to Broadwick, there were female aeronauts like Minnie Bonnette who would parachute from balloons in the 1890s. Bonnette wound up in a wheelchair after an 1897 accident. www.mvtimes.com/2024/09/11/p...
This Was Then: Parachutes and peacock plumes - The Martha's Vineyard Times
By the mid-1890s, Cottage City (Oak Bluffs) was a resort town in decline. Massive fires had claimed the two largest landmarks in town — the Sea View Hotel and the Casino — in 1892, together with the H...
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June 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Prior to Broadwick, there were female aeronauts like Minnie Bonnette who would parachute from balloons in the 1890s. Bonnette wound up in a wheelchair after an 1897 accident. www.mvtimes.com/2024/09/11/p...
The life and death of Myra (Blankenship) Reehle (1866-1893) of Edgartown, Mass. and her husband Jacob, who was sworn to secrecy by U.S. President Grover Cleveland for his actions afterward.
April 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The life and death of Myra (Blankenship) Reehle (1866-1893) of Edgartown, Mass. and her husband Jacob, who was sworn to secrecy by U.S. President Grover Cleveland for his actions afterward.
I certainly don't intend to disparage anyone by digging this up, but I think many would be surprised at what once went down on this island. I also found inspiration exploring Weaver's long and successful career in TV, here and abroad - his work and contributions were not insignificant.
April 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I certainly don't intend to disparage anyone by digging this up, but I think many would be surprised at what once went down on this island. I also found inspiration exploring Weaver's long and successful career in TV, here and abroad - his work and contributions were not insignificant.
Spoiler: It wasn't built, its funding foiled by a school project proposed at the last minute to ward off school regionalization. In April 1926, angry Chappy voters responded by petitioning the Massachusetts legislature to secede from Edgartown. Not surprisingly, that plan failed, too.
January 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Spoiler: It wasn't built, its funding foiled by a school project proposed at the last minute to ward off school regionalization. In April 1926, angry Chappy voters responded by petitioning the Massachusetts legislature to secede from Edgartown. Not surprisingly, that plan failed, too.
Elijah became a carpenter + city watchman in Troy, NY until his death in 1845 upon "blowing out his brains with a pistol", according to the papers. His teen daughter married a whaler 21 years her elder and moved to Holmes Hole (now Vineyard Haven), Mass. What became of her two brothers is unknown.
January 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Elijah became a carpenter + city watchman in Troy, NY until his death in 1845 upon "blowing out his brains with a pistol", according to the papers. His teen daughter married a whaler 21 years her elder and moved to Holmes Hole (now Vineyard Haven), Mass. What became of her two brothers is unknown.