In part two of Jeremy D’Entremont’s two-part interview with Sally Snowman, keeper of Boston Light Station on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, Sally discusses Sammy the Boston Light Dog, subject of a children’s book that Sally wrote. Sally and Jeremy then share some of the ghost stories of America’s oldest light station. Sally tells… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 30 – Keeper Sally Snowman, Boston Light, pt 2
New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge this weekend, Oct. 19-20 This weekend you can visit 10 participating lighthouses, three life-saving stations, and one museum, while supporting the ongoing preservation of these historic beacons, during the 20th annual Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20. All participating sites are open during the… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Kate Walker here, keeping the light on Robbins Reef. Sometimes differences between keepers led to fist fights. On February 6, 1874, the Inspector of the 1st Lighthouse District informed the Board that during a difficulty brought on by his own conduct, Mr Nathaniel Bowden, 1st Assistant Keeper at Saddleback Ledge, Maine, attacked the keeper of… Continue reading Kate’s Corner #50
Door County Fall Lighthouse Festival this weekend, Oct. 12-13 Door County has one of the highest concentrations of lighthouses of any county in the U.S., and visitors can see all 11 of them by foot or boat at the Door County Maritime Museum’s Fall Lighthouse Festival. The Festival weekend include land-based, boat, and adventure tours… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
In 1989, the U.S. Coast Guard was planning for Boston Light on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor to be the last light station in the United States to be automated and destaffed. Instead, Congress mandated that the station be operated and staffed permanently by the Coast Guard. In 2003, the active duty Coast Guard… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 29 – Keeper Sally Snowman, Boston Light, part 1
Captain Joshua K. Card reporting from Light Station Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire. Today I want to tell you about a female light keeper over New York way whose career overlapped with mine. Nancy Rose was the faithful keeper at Stony Point on the Hudson River for more than a half century. Stony Point, a small… Continue reading The Kaptain’s Kolumn #22
Gasparilla Island Lighthouse (FL) Tours on Oct. 14 and 27 There will be rare docent-led tours of the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse, Florida, a.k.a. Port Boca Grande Lighthouse, from 9 a.m. to noon on October 14 and 27. All proceeds support the continuing restoration and preservation of this historical treasure. Click here for more information Click… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
In this episode, host Jeremy D’Entremont interviews Jack San Filippo, program manager for the Point San Luis Lighthouse on the central California coast. The Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers, a dedicated group of preservationists established in 1995, have brought the building back to life as one of the prettiest lighthouses on California’s central coast. Jeremy… Continue reading Light Hearted Ep 28 – Point San Luis, California; Heceta Head B&B, Oregon; Emily Maitland Fish, “the Socialite Keeper”
Kate Walker here, keeping the light on Robbins Reef. We sit to one side of the busiest harbor in the world so we have no trouble enlisting help. Inspector Snow, however, told me about problems with lighthouses in remote locations. Florida Indians found isolated lighthouses easy targets for attack. Cape Florida Light Station was totally… Continue reading Kate’s Corner #49
In this episode host Jeremy D’Entremont interviews Eric and Fran Chetwynd of the Swans Island Lighthouse Committee in Maine about the restoration of the 1872 Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse. The still-active automated light is still maintained by Coast Guard aids to navigation personnel, while the light station became the property of the Town of Swans… Continue reading Light Hearted Ep 27 – Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island; Kittery Historical Museum; Keeper Horace Arnold
