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    Naushon Island is the largest of the Elizabeth Islands in southeastern Massachusetts. It is part of the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts, and is currently...
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  • Naushon may refer to: Naushon Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands in Gosnold, Massachusetts USS Naushon (SP-517), a United States Navy patrol vessel in...
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    from Nonamesset Island Robinson's Hole between Naushon Island and Pasque Island Quick's Hole between Pasque Island and Nashawena Island Canapitsit Channel...
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  • needed] In the 1840s, John Murray Forbes bought Naushon Island, which is one of the Elizabeth Islands northwest of Martha's Vineyard, Osterville, and...
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    privately owned islands in the United States, though slightly smaller than Naushon Island in Massachusetts, owned by the Forbes family. The island is 5.19 square...
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    connected to the Forbes family, who own Naushon Island, through his mother Diana Forbes. Veckatimest Island, formerly known as "East Buck" to some, was...
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    Island is one of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It lies between Nashawena Island to the west and Naushon Island...
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    Monohansett Island is one of the Elizabeth Islands between Cedar Island and Naushon Island. It is located in Dukes County, Massachusetts, just east of Naushon Island...
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    Seconsett Island, are also in Barnstable County. The Forbes family-owned Naushon Island was first purchased by John Murray Forbes. Naushon is one of the...
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    of the Elizabeth Islands and lies just off the northernmost point of Naushon Island. Uncatena has a land area of 0.492 km2 (0.19 sq mi, or 121.6 acres)...
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    Martha's Vineyard (category Cape Cod and the Islands)
    Community Television (Comcast Channels 13, 14, 15) Elizabeth Islands Cuttyhunk Naushon Island Outer Lands Vineyard Golf Club Gosnold's daughter was christened...
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    Gosnold, Massachusetts (category Elizabeth Islands)
    Elizabeth Islands, including Nonamesset Island, Uncatena Island, Naushon Island, Pasque Island, Nashawena Island, Penikese Island, Cuttyhunk Island, and several...
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    This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52...
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    Island Bassetts Island Bird Island Elizabeth Islands Bachelor Island Baret Island Cuttyhunk Island Nashawena Island Naushon Island Nonamesset Island Pasque...
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    scientific apparatus and art collection to the school. He died in 1811 on Naushon Island in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. United States Department of State list...
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  • "at the strait" or "low-tide place" Nashawena Island: (Wampanoag) "between" Nashoba Brook Naushon Island: (Wampanoag) "middle" (no clear translation) Nemasket...
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  • Kettle Cove is a bay in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located on Naushon Island 0.8 miles (1.3 km) west of Tarpaulin Cove and northeast of Robinson's...
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  • Cary is a mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located on Naushon Island 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north of Tarpaulin Cove in the Town of Gosnold. Mount...
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    Forbes and Ellen Randolph Forbes. Forbes died on October 11, 1897, on Naushon Island, Massachusetts. Telephone in United States history Pier, Arthur Stanwood...
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    The Tarpaulin Cove Light is a historic lighthouse on Naushon Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands of southern Massachusetts. It is located in the town...
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    (1813–1900). They resided in Milton, Massachusetts, and summered on Naushon Island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. They had two sons and four daughters:...
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    Edward Waldo Forbes, of the Forbes family, was born on July 16, 1873, on Naushon Island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. His father, William Hathaway Forbes,...
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    named after Monohansett Island, a tiny 12-acre (4.9-hectare) island off Naushon Island. Monohansett was built in 1862 by the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard...
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  • Tarpaulin Cove is a bay in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located on Naushon Island 0.8 miles (1.3 km) east of Kettle Cove and northeast of Robinson's Hole...
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  • mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on Naushon Island 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west of Jobs Neck in the Town of Gosnold. Mount Cary...
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    States. They are located off the north shore of Naushon Island, the largest of the Elizabeth Islands. Together the three Weepeckets have a land area of...
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  • the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Naushon Island, another member of the Elizabeth Islands, is owned by the Forbes family and Grizzly Bear's...
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    The SS Nantucket (renamed SS Naushon) was the last steam-powered ferry in regular operation on the East Coast of the United States. She was owned and...
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    The Naushon Company Plant is a historic textile mill complex at 32 Meeting Street in Cumberland, Rhode Island. First built in 1902-04 and enlarged over...
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  • List of place names of Native American origin in New England (category Native American history of Rhode Island)
    waves Nashawena Island: (Wampanoag) "between" Nashoba Brook Natick: tribe; "the place I seek" or "home," "place," "clearing" Naushon Island: (Wampanoag)...
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