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Book Synopsis Lighthouses of Humboldt County by : Julie Clark
Download or read book Lighthouses of Humboldt County written by Julie Clark and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impenetrable coast of Humboldt County has been a historic navigational conundrum for sea captains since the 16th century. The Humboldt bar crossing, the lack of safe harbors, the storms, the unpredictable seas, and the rocky shores caused tragic shipwrecks, drownings, and maritime disasters. Beginning in 1850, the Department of the Treasury funded the construction of 11 lighthouses in California, including the Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse, the first one in Humboldt County. Due to its poor location in the sand dunes, the lighthouse was abandoned in 1892. New lighthouses were built in more appropriate locations such as Table Bluff, Cape Mendocino, Trinidad, and Punta Gorda. An increase in population on the north coast resulted in the reliance on passenger schooners and freight vessels, making these lighthouses critical to Humboldt County's economic stability and success. The Trinidad Head Lighthouse is the only one in operation today, yet the lighthouses of Humboldt County and their keepers remain integral to California's maritime history.
Book Synopsis Sentinel of the Seas by : Dennis M. Powers
Download or read book Sentinel of the Seas written by Dennis M. Powers and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most rugged expanses in the continental U.S., the coast of northern California and Oregon saw frequent shipping disasters in the 19th century, before Congress ordered the construction of lighthouses on such dangerous promontories as Heceta Head, Cape Mendocino and a seaward-trending pile of rocks called St. George Reef. The brave, resourceful engineer who directed the Tillamook Rock lighthouse construction, Alexander Ballantyne, was later engaged for the St. George job, and it's this story that author Powers (Treasure Ship) chronicles here. Without any maps to illustrate it, however, readers will need an atlas to follow the movement of men and ships up and down the coast. Later chapters describing lighthouse life prove less problematic; lighthouse keepers were fascinating, courageous characters (and included a good number of women) who not only kept lights burning and fog horns sounding, but also risked life and limb to rescue people stranded in torrential weather.
Book Synopsis St. George Reef Lighthouse by : Guy Towers
Download or read book St. George Reef Lighthouse written by Guy Towers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated at the end of a reef six miles offshore of Crescent City, California, stands St. George Reef Lighthouse. Constructed after the wreck of the coastal steamer Brother Jonathan in 1865, the beacon warned mariners of the dreaded “Dragon Rocks” of St. George Reef for nearly a century. This book chronicles the loss of the Jonathan, decades of efforts to make the light a reality, the 10-year construction period, manning of the station by keepers of the US Lighthouse Service and Coast Guard, and the struggles and accomplishments of dedicated volunteers to restore what many lighthouse historians refer to as “America’s greatest lighthouse.”
Book Synopsis California Lighthouse Life in the 1920s and 1930s by : Wayne C. Wheeler
Download or read book California Lighthouse Life in the 1920s and 1930s written by Wayne C. Wheeler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like giant sentinels standing guard, California's lighthouses keep silent vigils over the turbulent waters of the Pacific. In 1850, Congress appropriated funds to build eight lighthouses on the West Coast, and three years later, construction began on the project. The first lighthouse to become operational on the West Coast was that on Alcatraz Island on June 1, 1854. While the other seven were being completed, Congress authorized funds to construct a second set of eight lighthouses, and by 1930, California boasted 40 light stations. This new photographic history contains over 200 rare and beautiful images featuring lighthouses of the South Coast, San Francisco Bay, and the North Coast, as well as lightships and support facilities.
Book Synopsis Lighthouse Tales by : Frederick Stonehouse
Download or read book Lighthouse Tales written by Frederick Stonehouse and published by Gwinn, Mich. : Avery Color Studios. This book was released on 1998 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stories of wreck and rescue, death and sacrifice, all thread their way through the pages of this remarkable tribute to the 'wickies' of a bygone era. The book speaks of the courage of the old time keepers and their families, not just in rescuing shipwreck victims but also in the tenacity of their daily lives ... Narratives include : The thrilling story of the steamer "George W. Perkins" and it's close encounter with the Lansing Shoal Light during the height of the infamous 1940 Armistice Day storm ; Superior Shoal and the lighthouse that wasn't ; The death of six brave Coast Guardsmen at Oswego, New York in 1942 ; Poverty Island Light and the mysterious treasure ..."--Back cover.
Book Synopsis Eureka and Humboldt County by : Clarke Historical Museum
Download or read book Eureka and Humboldt County written by Clarke Historical Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001-06-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cry amongst the redwoods-Eureka!-was the shout heard from early pioneers in 1850 as they came to settle in Humboldt County. Discovery of gold permanently changed the area's history, and eventually lead to the extraction of Humboldt's other natural resource: the "red gold" of its forests. Captured here in over 200 vintage photographs is the pictorial history of this bountiful county and its residents. As the gold fever faded in the late 1800s, Humboldt County's primary source of industry became the lumbering of its vast redwoods. Pictured here are the men and machines that felled, transported, and milled the lumber, as well as photographs of the elegant Victorian mansions of the industry's lumber barons, such as William Carson. Weaving the history of Humboldt County together are the stories of its earliest residents, including the Native American tribes, fevered Gold Rushers, the early Chinese community, railroad workers, shipyard sailors, and industrious farming families, all of whom created the foundation it prospers on today.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of Greater Los Angeles by : Rose Castro-Bran
Download or read book Lighthouses of Greater Los Angeles written by Rose Castro-Bran and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the history of the lighthouses that dot the California coast in Los Angeles County.
Book Synopsis The Old Point Loma Lighthouse by : Francis Ross Holland
Download or read book The Old Point Loma Lighthouse written by Francis Ross Holland and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of the Bay Area by : Betty S. Veronico
Download or read book Lighthouses of the Bay Area written by Betty S. Veronico and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties, California by : James Miller Guinn
Download or read book History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties, California written by James Miller Guinn and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast by : Elinor De Wire
Download or read book The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast written by Elinor De Wire and published by . This book was released on with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :George Rockwell Putnam Publisher :Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN 13 : Total Pages :404 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States by : George Rockwell Putnam
Download or read book Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States written by George Rockwell Putnam and published by Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company. This book was released on 1917 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ship Registries and Enrollments, Port of Eureka, California, 1859-1920 by : Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.)
Download or read book Ship Registries and Enrollments, Port of Eureka, California, 1859-1920 written by Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of the Ventura Coast by : Rose Castro-Bran
Download or read book Lighthouses of the Ventura Coast written by Rose Castro-Bran and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ventura County coast has been illuminated for more than a century by three distinctive lighthouses, united in their mission of warning mariners of coastal hazards and guiding ships to safe passage. Port Hueneme’s original 1874 Victorian Stick Style lighthouse stood sentry until it was replaced in 1940 by the still-standing art moderne structure, which guards the only deepwater port on the California coast between San Francisco and San Pedro. The Anacapa Island Light, a cylindrical brick structure in the Channel Islands lit in 1932, was the last new lighthouse on the West Coast. Ventura, originally dubbed San Buenaventura by Fr. Junipero Serra in 1782, extends its “good fortune” to the steamers, warships, tankers, and other craft guided to safety by these navigation beacons.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... by :
Download or read book Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses by : Samuel Etinde Crompton
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses written by Samuel Etinde Crompton and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lighthouses and Lifesaving on Washington's Outer Coast by : William S. Hanable
Download or read book Lighthouses and Lifesaving on Washington's Outer Coast written by William S. Hanable and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
