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KATE’S CORNER #22

May 29, 2018March 19, 2019 Candace CliffordLeave a comment

Kate Walker here, keeping the light on Robbins Reef on the edge of New York Harbor. Every morsel of food we ate had to be brought by boat from Staten Island. The perfect lighthouse would have a vegetable garden, some fruit trees, a flock of chickens, a cow to supply milk, maybe even a horse… Continue reading KATE’S CORNER #22

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Keeper Fannie Salter at Turkey Point Light Station

November 23, 2016 Candace CliffordLeave a comment

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

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Candace Clifford

Candace was the US Lighthouse Society historian from 2016 until she passed away in August 2018.  For 30 years, her work involved lighthouse history.  She worked with the National Park Service and the Council of American Maritime Museums. She was a noted author and was considered the most knowledgable person on lighthouse information at the National Archives.  Books by Candace Clifford include: Women who Kept the Lights: a History of Thirty-eight Female Lighthouse Keepers ,  Mind the Light Katie, and Maine Lighthouses, Documentation of their Past.

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