EPISODE · Aug 2, 2023 · 31 MIN
Episode 4: Beacons of Hope
from Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast
Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a tour up and down the Oregon coast to some of the greatest lighthouses in the states history, and whose absence once put sailors at the mercy of the unforgiving rocks. Sources: https://www.greatlighthouses.com/stories/the-history-of-the-lighthouse/#:~:text=The%20first%20lighthouse%20in%20recorded,a%20colossal%20450%20feet%20high. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_of_Alexandria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpqua_River_Light https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/umpqua_river_lighthouse/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Office%20of%20Coast,the%20coast%20beyond%20visual%20range. https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/heceta-head-lighthouse/ https://www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses/html/pnworgl.html#:~:text=Named%20for%20Portuguese%20explorer%20Don,in%20order%20to%20save%20money. https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/nov/02/rue-the-resident-ghost-haunts-heceta-head-house/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook_Rock_Light https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/culture-history/historic-sites-oregon-trail/the-mystery-of-terrible-tilly/
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