Digest>Jul/Aug 2018
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Robert Gerlof (1860-1930) was the most famous keeper of Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. He was on the Columbia River Light-Vessel 50 and the tender Columbine before transferring to the Rock in 1903 where he stayed until his forced retirement in 1928. He was the longest-serving keeper in the station’s 76-year history. (Courtesy Webb Research Group, Publishers.) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2018
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Terrible Tilly’s Old Man and the Sea: Robert Gerlof
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