Alexander K. Pesonen, former head keeper at Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, became North Head Lighthouse’s first keeper in 1898, but he is more often remembered because of his wife, Mary. Sometime in the ...
On Tuesday Oct. 23, 1934, a horrific gale hit the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. Waves reached 133 feet above the high tide line, knocking the light out for the first time in over 53 years. The tower was ...
Early lighthouse lenses, which could weigh thousands of pounds, were floated on beds of mercury that allowed them to turn in their signature flash patterns. For hundreds of years, lighthouse keepers ...
Tillamook Rock would hardly be considered an ideal spot for gardening, since storm waves regularly wreak havoc, even tossing rocks onto and into the lighthouse building. But consider this, from the ...
On Jan. 21, 1881, the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, built on a small rock island off Ecola State Park, was lit. On January 20, 1915, Kathryn Clark became the first woman elected to the Oregon Senate. A ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results