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Owls Head Light

Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter Fondly Recalled the Flying Santa

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 23, 2018

Marla Rogers spent her childhood as a lightkeeper’s daughter. When Marla was seven years old, her father – Archford “Ted” Vernon Haskins, was appointed keeper of Owls Head Light Station. Keeper Haskins and his family served at Owls Head Light from 1947 to 1953. Marla (1940-2014), who later in life volunteered at Owls Head Lighthouse […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouse History, Owls Head Lighthouse Tagged With: archford vernon haskins, flying santa, haskins family, keeper, lighthouse, marla rogers, owls head

Ram Island, Boothbay Harbor

A Star on Our Vest

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 18, 2018

The following poem was written by lighthouse keeper Ralph C. Norwood while stationed at Maine’s Ram Island Light Station. Mr. Norwood served as a keeper at Great Point Light, MA (1929), Boston Light, MA (1929-41), Ram Island Light, ME (1945-50) and Spring Point Ledge Light, ME (1951-54). A Star on Our Vest By Ralph C. […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History Tagged With: boothbay harbor, efficiency star, fisherman's passage, keeper, light station, lighthouse, poem, ralph c norwood, ram island, star on our vest, U.S. Lighthouse Service

Little River Light Station, Cutler, Maine

On the Doorstep of Safe Refuge and Still Wrecked at Little River Light

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: October 17, 2018

When storm winds blew and the seas grew large during the age of sail, schooners and fishing boats would often run for the nearest harbor of refuge to ride out the tempest. One such sought-after place was Cutler Harbor in Downeast Maine, whose entrance has been marked by the guiding gleams of Little River Lighthouse […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: augusta e herrick, cross island, cutler, harbor, keeper, lifesaving station, lighthouse, little river, lucius davis, maine, schooner, shipwreck, united states lifesaving service

Perkins Island on the Kennebec River

Keeper of Light Hero in Rescue

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 14, 2018

Newspaper Article from the Past… Newspaper article from: The Portsmouth Herald, Friday, June 19, 1931 “Parker Head, Me., June 19 – Caught in the swift-running cross tides at Parker Head, Linwood E. Libby, 64, suddenly lost his balance while out in his boat, fell into the water and was saved from death by Eugene Osgood, […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Perkins Island Lighthouse Tagged With: 1931, eugene osgood, keeper, kennebec river, light station, lighthouse, perkins island, rescue

Portsmouth Harbor

Keeper Joshua Card – A True Lighthouse Legend

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 13, 2018

During his illustrious career as a lighthouse keeper, Joshua Card was universally respected for his dedicated service and longevity – a total of forty-two years spent serving at Maine’s Boon Island (1867 to 1874) and New Hampshire’s Portsmouth Harbor (1874 to 1909). In 1908, the following account was published in the Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Boon Island Lighthouse, Lighthouse History, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: boon island, joshua card, keeper, lighthouse, portsmouth harbor

Whitehead Light Station, Maine

We Remember – Heroic Rescue by Lighthouse Keeper on August 7, 1881

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 6, 2018

The date of August 7th is special throughout the annals of our nation’s lighthouse history.  It was on this day in 1789, that Congress approved an Act for the establishment and support of lighthouse, beacons, buoys and public piers. In Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Act and the commissioning of […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouse History Tagged With: abbie burgess grant, august 7, isaac h grant, keeper, light station, lighthouse, national lighthouse day, united states lifesaving service, Whitehead

Wood Island Light Station, Maine

Sailor the Fog Bell Ringing Dog at Wood Island

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 2, 2018

Newspaper Article from the Past Wood Island Lighthouse in Maine was once home to a famous dog named Sailor. According to lighthouse author and historian, Jeremy D’Entremont, “Keeper Thomas Orcutt’s dog, Sailor, a mostly-black mongrel (described as a Scotch Collie in one article), was taken to the island as a two-month-old puppy and went on […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: dog, fog bell, keeper, lighthouse, maine, passing vessels, sailor, salute, thomas henry orcutt, wood island

Pemaquid Point Light

Keeper of Pemaquid Point Light Commended for Rescue

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 19, 2018

Newspaper Article from the Past… This is one of the more dramatic accounts in the history of Maine’s Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. In 1930, Keeper Elwell risked his own personal safety to come to the aid of three teenagers whose boat had capsized off the light station. Anyone who has visited Pemaquid Point Lighthouse knows all […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 1930, capsized boat, commendation, keeper, leroy s elwell, lighthouse, pemaquid point, rescue

Times when Browns Head Lighthouse was Extinguished

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: March 10, 2018

The Fox Island Thoroughfare is a gorgeous inshore passage approximately seven miles in length, which leads from the east to west side of Penobscot Bay, between North Haven and Vinalhaven islands. Today, this protected passageway is a favorite for Maine windjammers and pleasure craft alike to leisurely traverse or drop anchor in one of its […]

Filed Under: Browns Head Lighthouse, Lighthouse History Tagged With: browns head, ice. fox islands thoroughfare, keeper, light station, lighthouse, north haven, vinalhaven

Narrow Escape from Drowning at Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 10, 2018

A Newspaper Article from the Past… C.H. Salisbury, the first keeper of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse (1871 to 1893), was no doubt faithful to his duties based on his long tenure (22 years) at the offshore sentinel, but he also appears to have been proficient at helping save lives along the Providence River as well. According […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: ch salisbury, keeper, lighthouse, pomham rocks, providence river, rhode island, riverside, saving lives

A False Beacon at Race Point Light

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 9, 2018

Newspaper Articles from the Past… Throughout the history of lighthouses, there are those occasions when mariners mistook a guiding light for another in the vicinity – a mistake that almost always resulted in a shipwreck. There were also times – though much rarer, when either light station equipment malfunctioned or dereliction of duty by the […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 1845, cape cod, captain ames, light, lighthouse, mistaken light, race point, saluda, shipwreck, station

Wood Island Lighthouse Poem by a Keeper’s Wife

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 27, 2017

The following poem was penned by Elmenia P. Lurvey, wife of Wood Island lightkeeper W. F. Lurvey (1917-1923). The poem appeared in the Bar Harbor Times on February 14, 1923. Lines from a Lighthouse I am sitting beside this billowy ocean, And gazing on naught, but the sea and the sky; The crystal waves roll […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouse History, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, friends of wood island lighthouse, keeper lurvey, light station, lighthouse, wood island

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