Yaquina Head Lighthouse
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture And Enhancement
Description
It was a cold, windy day when I visited this lighthouse on the Oregon coast. For 4,000 years, Yaquina Head has provided inhabitants with a one mile long pathway into the open sea. Native Americans used this pathway as a place to hunt marine mammals, collect mussels, and seek spiritual renewal. Explorers, marine traders, and pirates used the headland as a navigational marker long before the U.S. Lighthouse Service built the Yaquina Head Lighthouse on the headland in 1873.
During this time, maritime commerce along west coast was booming as a result of the opening of the Oregon and California Trails. The United States government saw the potential of the rocky headlands at Yaquina Head to provide stable foundations and a good location for a lighthouse to guide trading ships along the coast. In June of 1866, President Andrew Johnson signed an Executive Order that set aside 19 acres for a lighthouse to be constructed on Yaquina Head.
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Image copyright 2016 Jon Burch Photography all rights reserved.
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February 1st, 2016
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