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Race Point Light Station

A Glimpse of Life at Race Point Light

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 11, 2020

The following excerpted letter was written by Frances Hallett, wife of Race Point Light Station keeper Osborne Earle Hallett (1945-1955). The letter was published in the December 1952 edition of the Maine Coast Fisherman. “Will write a few lines. There really hasn’t been too much to write about. Well, summer has gone, and things are […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: cape cod, francis hallett, keeper, light station, lighthouse, maine coast fishermen, osborne hallett, provincetown, race point

Little River 1956

Storm Moved Bell Tower at Little River

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: October 6, 2019

The following letter was written by Ruth Corbett Farris, daughter of Little River Light Station keeper Willie Corbett. The letter was published in the December 1954 edition of the Maine Coast Fisherman. Bell Tower Moves Cutler, Maine – “Here is a picture for the lighthouse news,” writes Mrs. Glenn Farris of Cutler. “It was Hurricane […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: bell tower, edna, hurricane, keeper, light station, lighthouse, little river, ruth cotbett farris, willie corbett

Race Point Lighthouse

Letter Written by Keeper’s Wife at Race Point Light

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: October 5, 2019

The following letter was written by Frances Hallett, wife of Race Point Light Station keeper Osborne Earle Hallett (1945-1955). The letter was published in the September 1952 edition of the Maine Coast Fisherman. P’Town Light Joins Up Race Point Light, Provincetown – “We enjoy reading MCF Magazine,” says Mrs. Osborne Hallett, “especially the doings at […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: cape cod, frances hallett, keeper, light station, lighthouse, maine coast fishermen, osborne hallett, provincetown, race point

Elaine Jones receives a 2019 ALF Keeper of the Light award

Elaine Jones is Honored with ALF’s “Keeper of the Light” Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 4, 2019

The American Lighthouse Foundation’s Keeper of the Light award is designed to honor those individuals and organizations in the national lighthouse community who have contributed in a significant manner to the preservation of America’s lighthouses and their rich heritage. On April 28, 2019, ALF presented Elaine Jones of Maine’s Burnt Island Lighthouse with a Keeper […]

Filed Under: ALF News Tagged With: 2019, american lighthouse foundation, boothbay harbor, burnt island, elaine jones, keeper of the light award, light station, lighthouse, maine

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

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

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