The Martha s Vineyard Times
This Was Then: Pig tales
A short history of Vineyard swine.
Squibnocket, early 20th century, Hornblower estate. Courtesy Chris Baer
1860 illustration of Vineyard pigs by Porte Crayon (aka David Hunter Strother), as published in Harper s New Monthly Magazine, to illustrate the Revolutionary story of “Josey’s Pig”. Courtesy Chris Baer
Helen Mayhew Anderson’s tasty(?) pig-based recipe, as it appeared in the 1924 “Island Cook Book”. (Please tell us how it comes out!) Courtesy Chris Baer
Martha’s Vineyard is not known for its swine, but hogs have historically been a critically important Island livestock; only sheep and cattle were more numerous in centuries past.