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Light Hearted ep 305 – Jake Heffernan, Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse, Wisconsin
In 1836, rumors of gold in a muddy river on the west shore of Lake Michigan near modern day Green Bay, Wisconsin, spurred the creation of what would …
1 year, 5 months ago
Light Hearted Lite #11 – Dolly Bicknell’s memories of the Flying Santa to the lighthouses
Edward Rowe Snow, his daughter Dolly, and his wife Anna-Myrle prepare for a Flying Santa flight in 1964. (Friends of Flying Santa)
The Flying Santa…
1 year, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 304 – Jonathon Gaare, Fire Island, NY
Fire Island Light Station, New York. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Fire Island is one of a chain of barrier islands running along the south shore of…
1 year, 5 months ago
Light Hearted Lite #9 – Maine lighthouse keeper Ernie DeRaps
Ernie DeRaps, a native Mainer, spent several years in the 1950s and ‘60s as a Coast Guard lighthouse keeper at four Maine lighthouses – Monhegan, For…
1 year, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 303 – Amy Frank, Door County Historical Society and Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, WI
Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, Wisconsin (courtesy photo)
Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, established in 1868, is on a 76-foot bluff in Peninsula State Park in Do…
1 year, 5 months ago
Light Hearted Lite: Betty Hindley Hatzikon, lighthouse keeper’s daughter
Joseph Hindley and his daughter Betty. Courtesy of Betty Hindley Hatzikon.
Joseph Hindley had a long career as a lighthouse keeper that spanned fro…
1 year, 6 months ago
Light Hearted ep 302 – Manitowoc North Breakwater Light, Wisconsin
Manitowoc North Breakwater Lighthouse, USLHS photo by Tom Tag
The city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is on the west shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth…
1 year, 6 months ago
Light Hearted 301 – Cape Canaveral, FL, and the winner of the 2024 Lighthouse Dance Off
Cape Canaveral Lighthouse on Florida’s east coast is owned by the United States Space Force and maintained as an active aid to navigation by the C…
1 year, 6 months ago
Light Hearted Lite: Ford Reiche, owner of Halfway Rock Lighthouse, Maine
This is an edited version of an interview first heard in episode 21 in August 2019. Halfway Rock Lighthouse is a 76-foot granite tower built in 1871 …
1 year, 7 months ago
Light Hearted 300th episode special – most memorable lighthouse moments
To celebrate the 300th episode of this podcast, host Jeremy D’Entremont spoke with almost every person who’s served as a co-host in the past five-plu…
1 year, 7 months ago