Houghton Gibbs, Chief of Police of Nantucket, died at his home on Orange street early last Sunday morning, after a comparatively brief illness. His passing removes a personality long familiar to both islanders and summer visitors, a man highly esteemed by all, who had clung to his job when his health and strength warned him to retireContinue reading “Houghton Gibbs, Nantucket Chief of Police”
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Oliver Cromwell Fisher
https://m.facebook.com/story/graphql_permalink/?graphql_id=UzpfSTE0ODYxNjMyNTE5NDAyMjoxNjc4MzcwMDg4ODg1Mjk3 Oliver C. Fisher 1876 – 1956 The flag on the Pacific Club was half mast last weekend commemorating the passing of one of the Club’s oldest members: Oliver C. Fisher. Surfman for over thirty years, “OIlie” saw life-saving change from organized volunteers to equipped Life Saving Stations and, finally, to the U. S. CoastContinue reading “Oliver Cromwell Fisher”
Nantucket Attic 