The 1950 Christmas season was anything but normal for the keepers on Matinicus Rock. Just one month earlier on November 26, 1950, a storm for the ages battered the Rock with such fury that to this …
1950
Loss of Crabtree Ledge Lighthouse
The following mention about the demise of Crabtree Ledge Lighthouse (also known locally as Hancock Point Lighthouse) appeared in the Bar Harbor Times on February 16, 1950… “Hancock Point Lighthouse …