Keeper Fannie Salter at Turkey Point Light Station
Fannie Salter was the last woman to serve as a civilian lighthouse keeper. After her keeper husband died, she tended the Turkey Point Light on the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay from 1925 to 1947. In 1943 Fannie had much to be thankful for when the light’s incandescent oil vapor lamp was replaced with an… Continue reading Keeper Fannie Salter at Turkey Point Light Station