Light Hearted ep 321: Nancy Beye, David Smith, and Varoujan Karentz – Beavertail, RI
With foreign trade blossoming from Newport, Rhode Island, local merchants petitioned for a lighthouse at Beavertail Point at the southern tip of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, and a 69-foot-tall wooden tower was first lighted in 1749. It was the third light station in the American colonies. The 45-foot square granite lighthouse that… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 321: Nancy Beye, David Smith, and Varoujan Karentz – Beavertail, RI