Tourists would come to her cottage and small store on the property to visit with her and purchase keepsakes to bring home. As she buried her chickens on the property, her collection of chicken gravestones became its own tourist attraction. She was considered "one of the Island's most well-known historical figures." When Luce died, the chicken gravestones were given to the town library. Luce herself is buried in the West Tisbury cemetery, where her marble gravestone is decorated with chickens. Legacy
Luce's chicken names live on in the names of chickens at the Los Angeles Zoo. Composer Thomas LaVoy is currently working on a commissioned choral piece based on her writings. Vineyard artist Daniel Waters has created a series of linoleum block prints featuring Luce and her chickens. Nancy Luce's manuscripts and other related material are at the John Hay Library at Brown University. References

Category:1814 births
Category:1890 deaths
Category:People from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Category:People from West Tisbury, Massachusetts
Tourists would come to her cottage and small store on the property to visit with her and purchase keepsakes to take home. As she buried her chickens on the property, her collection of chicken gravestones became its own tourist attraction. She was considered one of the island's most well-known historical figures. When Luce died, the chicken gravestones were given to the town library. Luce herself is buried in the West Tisbury cemetery, where her marble gravestone is decorated with chickens. 

Legacy 
Luce's chicken names live on in the names of chickens at the Los Angeles Zoo. Composer Thomas LaVoy is currently working on a commissioned choral piece based on her writings. Vineyard artist Daniel Waters has created a series of linoleum block prints featuring Luce and her chickens. Nancy Luce's manuscripts and other related material are at the John Hay Library at Brown University. 

References

Category: 1814 births
Category: 1890 deaths
Category: People from Martin's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Category: People from West Tisbury, Massachusetts