Nantucket
Grieder, James Everett / Charnes, Georgen Nantucket, a Wampanoag word meaning "far-away island, " was first settled by Europeans in 1659. The earliest settlers, known as the "Proprietors, " envisioned a community of farmers and shepherds, but the island found its fortune as a preeminent whaling port in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. During its time under Quaker influence, Nantucket was a cosmopolitan and dynamic place, radical new ideas, like abolitionism and women's rights, ...