The North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment State Park in Ilwaco will be closed for tours until next year while it undergoes restoration work, which will start later this spring and take all ...
On Aug. 28, 1853, Capt. Lewis H. Lentz sailed the bark Oriole from San Francisco, heading for Astoria with building materials for the anxiously awaited construction of the Cape Disappointment ...
For 150 years, the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse has helped keep ships clear of shoals and rocks at the mouth of the Columbia River, an area known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.
A “History Tidbit” Instagram post, courtesy of the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum: “The Cape Disappointment lighthouse began operating on Oct. 15, 1856. The 53-foot tower stands 220 feet above sea ...