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Descendants Gather to Honor and Remember
Last October, descendants of lighthouse keeper William Quimby Price gathered for a group photo in front of the replica of the Choptank River Lighthouse. William Q. Price served as the assistant keeper of the first Choptank River Lighthouse from 1873 to 1874 and then as the head keeper from 1874 to 1881. The original Choptank River Lighthouse was more commonly known at the time as the Benoni Point Lighthouse. It stood from 1871 to 1921 off Benoni Point by the Choptank River in the Chesapeake Bay near Oxford, Maryland. It was demolished in 1921 and replaced by the former Cherrystone Bay Lighthouse, which was moved to the site to become the second Choptank River Lighthouse. However, that lighthouse was demolished in the mid-1960s. In 2011, a replica of the 2nd Choptank River Lighthouse (the former Cherrystone Bar Lighthouse) was built on the waterfront in Cambridge, Maryland.
Lookin’ Up at Fire Island
Look closely at the top of the lighthouse in this unique-angled photograph and you will notice visitors on the outer deck of the 1858 Fire Island Lighthouse on Long Island, New York. If you visit, be sure to climb the tower – it’s well worth it. (Photo by Karen Carlomano.)
NELL Visits Sandy Neck
Shown here are members of the New England Lighthouse Lovers (NELL) at Sandy Neck Lighthouse in Massachusetts on one of their many lighthouse tours and outings. This very active group works hard to draw public attention to lighthouses while raising money for various lighthouse preservation projects. For more information go to www.NewEnglandLighthouseLovers.org. (Photo by Ron Foster.)
Assateague Exhibit
Virginia’s Museum of Chincoteague Island kicked off their last fall season with a number of new exhibits, with one of them being a large number of items that pertained to the Assateague Island Lighthouse from the collection of the late Kirk Mariner, who left the items to the museum in his will. Included in the collection were over 130 Assateague Lighthouses items, most of them being figurines of the lighthouse ranging from about two inches to two feet tall. Other items were Christmas ornaments, pens, stained glass, nightlights, trinket boxes, snow globes, clocks, magnets, and more; all that featured the famous lighthouse. The exhibit also included information on Kirk’s life and the many important books that he wrote on the history of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The items will be on display through the spring of this year.
Snow Model
We recently came across this photo taken in 2001 of Michigan’s Grand Island East Channel Lighthouse made from snow. Unfortunately, we don’t know the name of the people in the photo, who must have made this wonderful snow light. If any of our readers can identify the men in the photo, we’d appreciate hearing from you by email at Editor@LighthouseDigest.com or by writing to us at P. O. Box 250, East Machias, Maine.
Winter Wonderland
Michigan’s beautifully restored 1871 Point Iroquois Lighthouse is shown here framed in by trees after a fresh winter snow fall. (Photo by Cindy Freeman.)
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