The Rich and Colorful History - 1800S - 2005 - Davenport, CA
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N 37° 10.969 W 122° 23.608
10S E 553837 N 4115325
A sign at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Davenport, CA.
Waymark Code: WMXECY
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2018
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Pre-1800s: Ohlone Indians inhabit the coast
Early 1800s: Spanish name Punta de las Balenas - Whale Point
1850s: Clipper ship Carrier Pigeon wrecks on the rocks that are thereafter called Pigeon Point
1860: Boom and cable rigged to load lumber and crops onto ships
1862: Loren Coburn and Jeremiah Clarke purchase 17,000 acres that include Pigeon Point
1850s-1895: Portuguese shore whalers kill whales to render and sell whale oil
1868: Congress appropriates $90,000 to establish a lighthouse and prevent more shipwrecks
Early 1870s: Wharf and grain chute built and Pigeon Landing ships goods to San Francisco
1870: U.S. Government purchases Pigeon Point from Coburn and Clarke
1872: Lighthouse erected, first illuminated on November 15, 1872
1875: Gunfight and murder at Pigeon Point Landing over access to the wharf
1899: Original fog signal building replaced with present signal house
1920-33 Rum-running during Prohibition
1972: U.S. Coast Guard replaces the original Fresnel lens with and automated Aero Beacon
1980: U.S. Coast Guard leases Pigeon Point property to California State Parks
1992-93 U.S. Coast Guard renovates the lighthouse
2000: POST purchases Whaler's Cove
2005: Lighthouse transferred to State Parks from U.S. Coast Guard
2005: POST transfers Whaler's Cove to California State Parks for permanent protection.
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