Diamondhead Lighthouse, Hawaii, photo courtesy lighthousefriends.com. Currituck Beach Lighthouse, photo by Rick Anderson Old Mission Point, MI Winter Island Light, Salem, MA Edgartown Lighthouse, Martha's Vineyard, MA "The people living in [...]
Cuttyhunk Lighthouse, 1891, photo courtesy US Coast Guard In August, 1944, the family of Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts Lighthouse Keeper Octave Ponsart planned a joint birthday and beach party to celebrate the birthday of Uncle Gene and cousin Connie. Due to sugar rationing, Mrs. Ponsart spent weeks saving enough sugar to make birthday cakes for [...]
Longships Lighthouse, UK Needles, Eddystone, Longships, Bishop Rock – these well-known lighthouses in the UK are a few of the country’s “rock” lighthouses. The name “rock” denotes that the lighthouse is offshore and not on land. In fact, many of these were built on rocks barely large enough for the lighthouses, yet [...]
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, photo courtesy US Coast Guard Terrible Tilly was not a good place to spend a holiday. Only one of the five lighthouse keepers assigned to Tillamook Rock Lighthouse would win the prime spot in the rotation to spend time with his family on Thanksgiving. The other four would have to [...]
Burnt Island Lighthouse, ME, photo by Bob Trapani, Jr. “Molly, the Andersons are coming over this afternoon.” “Yay!” Ten-year-old Molly jumped up and down. “I can’t wait to see Tommy!” Mother pointed her wooden spoon at Molly. “Well, you two stay out of trouble, if you can. We get to see their [...]
Two Bush Island Light, Maine, old postcard courtesy lighthousefriends.com March, 1902 “Woof! Woof!” What was that dog yapping about now? Keeper Altiverd Norton at Two Bush Island Lighthouse off the coast of Maine woke to the sound of his dog Smut’s bark. The dog was obviously excited about something. Was it a [...]
White River Lighthouse, MI, photo by Chuck Turk Splash! “Help! Somebody please help!” Frances’ Johnson jerked her head away from the lantern window she’d been cleaning and looked toward the sound of the cries. She quickly assessed the situation, all too familiar now that the weather was warmer. Frances ran down the [...]