Tuckernuck Island off Nantucket feels like a place out of time. With just a few dozen homes connected by grassy roads, it’s held onto its wild character and sense of the past. That’s probably in part because it’s pretty remote. But it’s also thanks to the efforts and presence of Bam La Farge . "He served, y’know, he watched over the place," said Jim Tyler, a friend of La Farge's dating back to the 1960s and right up until La Farge died in February. "He was the caretaker, curator, guardian. I don’t think anybody who ever knew Bam could go look or hear about Tuckernuck without bringing him right in with it." La Farge was a big man, physically and emotionally. And he really didn’t care what other people thought of him. As evidence, his daughter Cate La Farge Summers says he had a distinctive smile. "He had had one of his front teeth knocked out I think in a baseball accident when he was a kid," Cate said. "And through most of his life wore a fake tooth, but in later years, just decided