Keywords: Lighthouse Keeper
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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"Living at the Lighthouse Not an easy life those early days, roadless dense forest isolating the early lightkeepers from the small farming population…"
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"… of community members and visitors to the Lighthouse and Visitor Center, through education and displays, linking the lighthouse, community of Lubec…"
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"Thomas Dexter was the first keeper 1810 • Committee chosen by people of Seward’s Neck to petition the legislature in Boston to be set off from Moose…"
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"Shipwrecks led to the construction of a lifesaving station at Carrying Place Cove in 1874. A log kept by the light keeper at West Quoddy Head…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"… boiling its fine oil to sell to watchmakers and lighthouse keepers. Wabanakis harvested their own fish and sea mammals, but lard and flour usually…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"The Town of Islesboro purchased the lighthouse from the government for $1,200, to be made into a museum dedicated to honoring seafaring men from…"
