Light Hearted 218 – Author Lenore Skomal and filmmaker Nico Raineau discuss Ida Lewis
Ida Lewis, born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1842, became one of the most celebrated lighthouse keepers in American history. Her father, Hosea Lewis, was appointed the first keeper of the Lime Rock Light Station in Newport Harbor in 1853, and Ida learned to care for the light as a teenager. Hosea Lewis suffered a… Continue reading Light Hearted 218 – Author Lenore Skomal and filmmaker Nico Raineau discuss Ida Lewis