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Notes

Collection: 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books

UserNotePageWorkCollectionTime
ddixonhayes
ddixonhayes1981 July 30 Mrs E C Baker Salem Ore Miss Lizzy C Fuensch Wapakoneta Ohio July 31 Wm Jorgenson Mrs L Flinn Albany Oregon Anna W. Flinn " " Ora J Flinn " " Hattie A Parloss Wartsburg Wash Ruth Flinn Albany Oregon Mrs J J Kirkpatrick Leb...26Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
ddixonhayes
ddixonhayes1891 July 29 MM Cotton Portland Oregon ??? Cotton Portland Oregon W W ??? Lt Cmdr ??? Mrs L Ketthouse Newport A. Brillyes Newport E. F. DeBord & wife Toledo, Or Albert Johnson East Portland Or W E Cressy Independence Or Mrs E Turn...25Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
ddixonhayes
ddixonhayes1891 July 27 R. C. Hutchinson Roseburg Oregon Anna Thomas Eugene Or E A Wooley Eugene Oregon Belle Wooley Cottage Grove E A Wallace Cottage Grove Lida Mallon Denver Colo. C. W. Wallace Cottage Grove Ore J...24Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
ddixonhayes
ddixonhayesOregon 1891 July 25 Alice Henderson Albany " " Lulu Martin (?) " " " R. W. Strong " " " R W Fisher " " " Etta Vassals " " " ...23Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
ddixonhayes
ddixonhayesOregon 1891 July 23 " " G C Powell & wife " " Mrs A F Hofer Jr Salem " " Mr A F Hofer Jr. " " " Miss Marie Annette Hofer " " " Laura West ...22Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
ddixonhayes
ddixonhayesJuly 22 (continued) S ? Logan Toledo Phos J Logan G P Logan R M Logan John Logan Newport S W Ross Albany Mrs Flora Pio E. Portland Mr Chas. Pio " Clayton Pio " Percy Pio " Mrs Emma Bowlby Hillsboro Thomas M Ramsde...21Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
NGibson
NGibsonOregon 1891 (July) July 12 1891 - Wesley L. Davis, Ed Finnes July 12 1891 - George F Sylvester Newport July 12 1891 G Robertson July 12 1891 Ethel Trapp Jacqueline July 14 1891 M Jane Morris, Albany July 14 1891 Mary Sedgwick, Albany July ...18Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
heidimarie
heidimarietranscription app is unavailable for this document today81Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
hfDonovan97
hfDonovan97Oregon 1891 (July) 12th Wesley L. Davis, Ed “Ti..rs” Gee F. Sylvester Newport G.Robertson Ethel Trapp Yaquia 14th M. Jane Morris Albany Mary Sedgwick Isabel Gray Philomath Origon (‘328’ written above Origon) B Baldwin ...18Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
SalemSara
SalemSaraPossible transcription for the 30th to replace the question marks. "putting brace on gate" Cheers, Sara491900-01 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
SalemSara
SalemSaraPossible transcriptions for the 26th to replace the question marks. "Mr. Withers and Mr. Anderson" and possibly "where he has been P.M. to spend Cristmass" ? I feel confident on the "ristmas" portion of the word. Cheers, Sara491900-01 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
meghanagresto
meghanagresto???=instant [instant=this month]21p-3 letters HM Roberts 1872-1875 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
meghanagresto
meghanagresto???= ulto [ulto=ultimo=last month]20p-3 letters HM Roberts 1872-1875 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
meghanagresto
meghanagresto??? = &c18p-3 letters HM Roberts 1872-1875 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
meghanagresto
meghanagresto*Sautter Lemonnier16p-3 letters HM Roberts 1872-1875 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
meghanagresto
meghanagresto??? = George8p-3 letters HM Roberts 1872-1875 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
meghanagresto
meghanagresto??? here is definitely George7p-3 letters HM Roberts 1872-1875 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
meghanagresto
meghanagrestowed should be "used"5p-3 letters HM Roberts 1872-1875 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
LillianLodine
LillianLodineJuly 22 (continued) Mrs. V. B. Nunn (?) Albany Or Leta Nunn " " Zula Nunn " " M J Price (?) Portland. Mary E. Johnson – Sioux City, Iowa Laura E. Frazee, Portland, Or., J. N. Ellison Shedd " S.M. Ellison " " Jas Gault. " " Dora Gault " ...21Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
Nadine379
Nadine379JOURNAL of Light-house Station at Cape Foulweather (Visitor log) 1891 July 21 Mrs. N.P. Lind H. A. Talbot & Wife 22 Prather Columbia, Missouri Albany, Oregon Aman...21Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
JMickleburgh
JMickleburghJuly 20 1891 Laura E Frazee - Portland, Or Mrs J H Frasey - Portland, Or May E Johnson - Sioux City, In Anna L Pope - Portland, Or Z F Vaughan - Dallas Jas Lawton - Dallas Wm Muller - Newport July 21 1891 John Stapleton - Salem, Or Mrs J...20Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
JMickleburgh
JMickleburgh1891 July 16 Geo W Dodder - Albany Sarah M Dodder - Albany Bertha M Dodder - Albany LIllian L Dodder - Albany Harry D Dodder - Albany Pi Zeigler Ind - Albany D Zeigler Ind Dora J Elliott - Scholl's Ferry, Oregon Annette Elliott - Scholl's...19Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
Evasher
EvasherJuly 15, 1891 Mary B. Perin Caleb Perrin CJ Cannon Mary Wood Laurin B. Baldwin - Philomath Ole A. Franklin - Philomath I.G. Knouth - Portland Ada B. Sheck - Philomarthin Iona Feigler - Dayton Ind. U. W. Bal - Newfront Ward Harklarvarl ...18Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
Sarahjd
SarahjdOregon July 12 1891 - George F Sylvester Newport Oregon July 12 1891 G Robertson Oregon July 12 1891 Ethel Trapp Yaquina Oregon July 14 1891 M Jane Morris Albany Oregon July 14 1891 Mary Sedgwick Albany Oregon July 14 1891 ? Gray Philomath O...18Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
Sarahjd
Sarahjd Oregan July 12 1891 - Wesley L Davis18Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
A2020
A2020Oregon 18Visitor Logs August 15th 1887 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
KateBowersHUA
KateBowersHUAAnnotated handwritten plan or map39Correspondence of LH board 1901-1910 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeSeveral pages missing between previous page and this. Numbers at bottom of page jump from 398 to 403 and context is missing between pages.124YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeObviously a draft letter with much re-writing. The attempt has been made to capture the entire page, including rewritten lines, which hinders comprehension somewhat.122YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadePioneer Iron Works, owned by Calvin Nutting and Son, at 121-123 Fremont Street. (See the San Francisco City Directory of 1878, p. 700.)83YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeWriting below picture frame. Not legible in this copy.85YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeThere is a page missing between page 72 and this one.73YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeThis is another duplicate of page 68.70YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeThis is a duplicate of page 68.69YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeCould what looks like "Celilih" Head actually refer to Collins Head? An old map in the 1881 Encyclopedia Brittania shows a town of that name at about the right bearing and distance from the lighthouse.57YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeOnealta was listed as a Benton County post office in the 1885 register of Post Offices and Postmasters. https://books.google.com/books?id=3oxRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA606&lpg=PA606&dq=%22onealta%22+oregon&source=bl&ots=uA89EEdmsO&sig=ACfU3U1_HPEHrxZONUULrfKOcCU17YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
dougreade
dougreadeSuggest "... favor of 3rd inst to hand." "Since we contracted for Piegeon Point" is duplicated erroneously. Last paragraph - I believe the symbol after "5 1/4" and "8 1/2" is the symbol for cents.86YH LH location and building Vol. 311 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
djhagan
djhaganJanuary 17, 1912 2 lb duck flew against plate glass and broke the frame. Put in storm frame.11912-14 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
mjlattner
mjlattnerBuilt a chicken house.361912-14 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
mjlattner
mjlattnerBuilt a pig pen and went to the Ocean Hill Hotel after a pig.351912-14 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
mjlattner
mjlattnerDec 9th entry states Light Keeper Wilson is Retiring but this entry is in 1913.261912-14 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmsonOctober 5 "Plate glass, top tier broken by ducks flying against it at 10 P.M. nicked the lens in places"101912-14 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmson"Shoot-the-chutes" is a sort of amusement park ride, consisting of a flat-bottom boat that slides down a ramp or slide ending in a lagoon.146Correspondence of LH board 1901-1910 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmson12 Fresh south west to a gale rain sea very rough. Bar 29.42. General duties for the day. Top of ventilator of oil house blown off.231910-11 keepers logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
mvmatherly
mvmatherlyWord "Sooding" on 24th assume they mean as verb form of sod since it is referring to garden? 281902-03 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmsonDecember 14: "Delivered 11 cases of oil to Pickins for Mr. Booth at Newport" Possibly Fred Booth, who worked in Newport as a jeweler before coming on as 2nd asst in 1914? "Mr. J.W. Collins joined this station as second asst keeper"121910-11 keepers logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmsonAugust 1: "Thomas Jones 2nd asst joined this station this AM. Thomas Quinn 2nd asst resigned and left station this AM"81910-11 keepers logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmsonMay 18: "crew of the wrecked steam Sch. J. Marhoffer were cared for at this station" The remains of the ship drifted up to what's now known as Boiler Bay, where its boiler is still visible at low tide.51910-11 keepers logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmsonOctober 1: "Keeper left sta at 10. for New York on important business" October 29: "Keeper returned to station at 10:00 PM from leave of absence" Keeper Henry Wilson was born in Boston, Mass. and was a member of the I.O.O.F. of Arbor Vitae, Brooklyn,221908-09 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
caroleholmson
caroleholmsonOctober 17: "A dead whale was sighted..."221908-09 Keeper Logs 1871-1900 Yaquina Head Lighthouse Letter books
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