Nantucket's 'Greater Light' house holds clues to island’s Quaker past
c. 2014 Religion News Service
NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (RNS) It is an old family story that has become part of the island’s lore.
In 1929, two bohemian sisters visiting this island about 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod were driving up the cobblestones of Main Street when a herd of cows cut them off. On a whim, Hanna and Gertrude Monaghan decided to follow them.
