Inside Signs and Such - PDFs

   3rd Order Fresnel Lens  and maker
   Eclipser  1st sign
   Eclipser  2nd sign
   Emily Fish quote  from her logs
   Emily Fish quote  from her logs
   Emily Fish quote  from her logs
   Foghorn  sign beneath the foghorn
   Fresnel demo  w/ the 4 watt bulb
   Tower  sign below the lantern room
   Allen Luce quote  from his logs
   Allen Luce quote  from his logs
   Allen Luce quote  from his logs
   Close up  of geo map
   Mixed  misc signs

WW II - PDFs

   Italian Americans  an injustice done
   Japanese Americans  an injustice done
   Japanese Subs  seen along the west coast
   Watch Tower  at the lighthouse
   WWII at LH  artillery and beach patrol
   Beach Patrol  Elks Magazine article

  More about Japanese Sub activity

  WWII at PPLH research on where everything was

Navy/NOAA

   POINT PINOS: a conundrum on the Monterey Peninsula
   A BRIEF HISTORY of the NOAA Pacific Grove, CA facility
   Historic California Posts  
   Mural on NOAA building by Ray Troll
   Wikipedia NOAA  

   Sam Colburn painting of PPLH & NOAA
  

Even More Information on Home Page

  Social Media, Teachers, Slide Shows, West Coast LHs, Keeper Logs, etc.

More Documents - PDFs

  Memories of living at PPLH by Nancy Hane
  George Petersen retires 1957 Herald article
  Charlotte Layton/Harris her time as keeper
  Dr. Fish Emily Fish's husband before her arrival
  Dr. Melanchthon Fish Emily Fish's husband's biography
  Emily Fish article in SF Examiner 1900
  Female Keepers a master's thesis
  Scott Fisher keeper 1969-1970
  Thomas Henderson keeper 1938-1955
  Keeper Instructions 1881
  Keeper Instructions 1902
  John Jeffrey keeper 1914-1919
  Jiggs lighthouse cat
  Vera Larson lighthouse docent
  Lighthouse Quarterley Fall 1996
  Allen Luce keeper 1871-1893
  Charles Layton keeper 1855, deputy, stats
  Joaquin de la Torre deputy, killed along with Layton
  Peter Nelson keeper 1931-1938
  Bob Stone assistant keeper 1953
  Andrew Wasson keeper 1863-1870
  Andrew Wasson sheriff 1872-1873
  Wreck on shore Oct 1961 wreck of catamaran
  Keeper Plaque and assistant keepers
  Schematic what's in each room
  Map of Bay Area NOAA map SF - Big Sur
  Map of Monterey Bay NOAA map Closeup
  Tower Restoration 9/21/21
  Recent Coast Guard visitor as recorded by Docent Ann
  The Fresnel Lens 10/28/2022
  Juliet Fish Nichols: Angel Island 11/2022
  Site selection by Paul Knostman 11/2011
  Lew Kew after Emily Fish

  PPLH Time line 6/13/2024

  150th b-day video not part of current video collection

Project Pages - how to guides

  Slide shows
  Video slide shows
  Period costumes
  Extras
  Wikipedia

Pacific Grove Library Catalog Links

  Cat Search for Lighthouse
  McCaffery's book
  Video about PPLH by McCaffery
  Stevenson family of lighthouse builders RLS did help engineer and build one lighthouse with his family in 1872 Dhu Heartach