LIGHTHOUSE DIGEST

STILL LIGHTING THE WAY
Lighthouse Digest, January 2012

The safety of Pigeon Point's first order Fresnel lens has been threatened since damage to its tower in 2001. From 115 feet in the air, each panel was dismantled, lowered to the ground by cable, reassembled, and placed on display. Read about this amazing labor love.

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POINT MONTARA LIGHTHOUSE
CELEBRATES MARITIME DAY
Lighthouse Digest, August 2010

Point Montara Lighthouse celebrated National Maritime Day with an event as unique as its lighthouse tower. This story captures the day’s events, reflecting on the area’s seafaring heritage and honoring the people and the ships connected with the sentinel.

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LIFE AT POINT MONTARA LIGHTHOUSE
Lighthouse Digest, March 2009

Standing only thirty feet high, Point Montara Lighthouse is the nation’s only tower to have cast its rays across both Atlantic and Pacific shores. The children of one of the keepers who served there reveal what life was like at Point Montara and other California light stations.

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THE PEOPLE OF PIGEON POINT LIGHTHOUSE
Lighthouse Digest, October 2008

Lighthouses are not simply inanimate towers made of brick and granite. Their walls are filled with tales of the people who lived, worked, and sometimes died there. This story captures the human stories that provide us with the tower's true story and offers us a glimpse into a vanished way of life.

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MEMORIES OF A LIGHTHOUSE LOOKOUT STATION
Lighthouse Digest, July 2008

During World War II, the U.S. Coast Guard established beach patrols and lookout stations at many lighthouse sites. This story offers one seaman’s recollections of Año Nuevo Point which formed part of the lookout network along California shores.

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NEW INTERACTIVE CENTER OPENS AT PIGEON POINT
Lighthouse Digest, January 2008

Hundreds of people attended the 135th Anniversary Lighting of Pigeon Point Lighthouse and the Grand Opening of the new Visitor’s Center. Relatives of former lighthouse keepers and of a passenger lost in Pigeon Point’s worst shipwreck participated in the event. This story captures their memories, sending a signal that Pigeon Point’s early history is not forgotten.

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