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After retirement, for two summers I worked as a tour guide at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in Oregon. This opportunity enabled me to learn more about that lighthouse than any of the others I've seen. Although I have personally visited and photographed over 300 lighthouses in the United States and three Provinces in Canada, the Umpqua River Lighthouse has special meaning for me. That Lighthouse inspired me to write two fictional books with the characters working, living, and enduring the challenges of lighthouse keeping. All pictures posted in this blog were taken by myself, unless noted otherwise.

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I hope you will find time to enjoy my books. Preview the book covers below at the right side of page.

Book #1: "The Wickie and the Umpqua Lighthouse." Detail: "The Wickie and the Umpqua Lighthouse" is an 1860's story about the lighthouse keepers and their families at the Umpqua River Lighthouse. It will stir your emotions and warm your heart. Discover the challenges they met but never expected, and their determination to maintain navigational aid to mariners on the Oregon coast. (Wickie is a nickname used by the early lighthouse keepers at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in OR.)

Book #2: "Spirit of The Lighthouse" is a sequel to The Wickie. Detail: Jesse Fayette, assistant keeper at the Umpqua River Lighthouse, finds himself alone to operate and maintain an Oregon lighthouse after the accidental death of his head keeper. After notifying the Lighthouse Board and requesting help, he is surprised but must deal with an acquaintance, Red Saunders, who believes the lighthouse is haunted.

Book #3: "Unexpected Moments" has a different theme than those of Book #1 and #2. Detail: Dan and Megan, as well as their old friends Jim and Anna, experience unexpected moments of hardships and tragedies in Arizona and California. Will they survive these unexpected moments and find any hope for their futures?

All of my books are available on Amazon.

03 September 2015

A Wisconsin Beauty - North Point Lighthouse

Located on N. Wahl Ave in Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI, the North Point Lighthouse is the third lighthouse to be built in Milwaukee.

The first lighthouse was erected in 1838, however, it was not located where it could provide proper navigational assistance. Replaced in 1855 by a 28-feet tower built on a 56-feet bluff overlooking the lake and located approximately 100-feet east of the present lighthouse.

Eventually, erosion forced replacement of the second lighthouse and in 1887 a new tower was completed at a height of 39-feet. It was built entirely of bolted cast iron sections. A steel plate lower section was built in 1912, and then the 39-feet cast iron tower placed on top as shown above. This raised the tower to a height of 74-feet and the light to a new height of 160-feet above the lake. This lighthouse operated with a fourth-order Fresnel lens until deactivation in 1994.

On the day of my visit here in 1998, the lighthouse was not open to the public.

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