| Cuttyhunk, MA - History |
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PreHistory |
Cuttyhunk, Elizbeth Islands, Cape Cod formed
by glaciers retreating ice age. Notice |
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Early History |
Name Cuttyhunk derives from Indian name
Poocutohhunkunnoh. |
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17th Century |
1602 Bartholomew Gosnold lands at Cuttyhunk.
Stays 22 days. First? settlement in America? |
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1641 Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket solt to
Thomas Mayhew. Mayhew given right to plant Elizabeth
Islands. |
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1688 Peleg Sanford bought all of Cuttyhunk,
sold half to Ralph Earle of Dartmouth. His son RE Jr. became
the first permanent settler. |
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1691 Control of Cuttyhunk passes from the
New York Dutch to the English Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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1693 Peleg Slocum of Dartmouth bought
Cuttyhunk, Nashawena and Penikese and grazed sheep on the
islands. |
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1688 Ralph Earle Jr. becomes first permanent
resident of Cuttyhunk. |
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1759 Paul Cuffee, noted black mariner, born
on Cuttyhunk. |
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18th Century |
Home of Cuttyhunk Pilots, guiding ships thru
the dangerous waters of Vineyard Bay |
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1765 First Cuttyhunk Lighthouse erected. |
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1790 Census: 103 people live on Elizabeth
Islands. |
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1863 Chilmark loses jurisdiction. Town of
Gosnold formed. Cuttyhunk Fishing Club buys most of island
from Slocum family. |
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1873 Cuttyhunk school built. |
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1881 Methodist Church built. |
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1888 Bosworth House opened. |
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19th Century |
1890 Lifesaving station built |
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1892 Cuttyhunk Library built. |
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1892 AQUATIC disaster of Sow and Pigs Reef.
5 islanders perish. |
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20th Century |
1903 Gosnold monument erected. |
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1913 Avalon house built for William M. Wood |
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1917 Winter house built by Mr. Wood |
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1920 Wood buys Cuttyhunk Fishing Club. |
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1924 Whaling bark WANDERER aground at West
End |
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1924 Town Hall built. |
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1935 Cuttyhunk Yacht Club founded. |
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1941 Army installs coastal artillery and
lookouts. |
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1947 Old West End lighthouse replaced by
steel tower. |
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1948 Cuttyhunk Fishing Club sold to Moore
family. |
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1956 Cuttyhunk Yacht Club reorganized. |
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1959 First International Swordfish
tournament organized. |
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1964 USCG Station closed. |
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1978 Cuttyhunk Historial society founded. |
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1984 Cuttyhunk Harbor Commission founded.
Public moorings installed. |
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1987 Ferry ALERT (1917) replaced by ALERT
II. |
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1993 Dump closes. USCG boathouse given to
town. Fishing Club bought by Muriel Wood Ponzecchi,
descendant of original owner. |
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21st Century |
2004 Cuttyhunk.net founded! |
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2006 NEW Cuttyhunk Ferry Company founded to
complete with the ferry MV Alert |
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2007 Ferry MV Alert II stops service after
20 years. |
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