Would you make it as a
Heceta Head Lighthouse keeper?
Imagine living here, part of a tiny, isolated community whose lives revolved around the beacon of Heceta Head Light. You would:
Work day and night to keep the light in good repair, alternating dusk to dawn shifts with your assistant keepers.
Tend a large garden, plus chickens, horses, and cows.
Hunt elk and fish for salmon and smelt.
Send your children to the little wood schoolhouse.
Look forward to the arrival of the lighthouse tender ship, which brings supplies, news, and new faces.
Celebrate with a barn dance or a day-long wagon trip to Florence!
Three keepers were needed to keep Heceta Head Light shining true. In addition to nightly duties - winding the light's clockworks, keeping the lamp lit, and monitoring the beacon - they cleaned, polished repaired and painted the station during the day.
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