A brief but comprehensive history of Martha’s Vineyard - The Martha's Vineyard Times

A brief but comprehensive history of Martha’s Vineyard - The Martha's Vineyard Times

There’s a lot of history packed into this little island, going all the way back to before it was even an island. Martha’s Vineyard, and its sister island, Nantucket (which is really mostly a sandbar), were formed from glacial moraine –– i.e., the rubble left behind by a melting glacier. Or so say geologists. The Wampanoag, who were here much earlier, say that it was formed by the legendary Moshup walking across what became Vineyard Sound –– wate…