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Maria Bray Kept Thacher Island Lights Burning During Holiday Storm

Keeper’s Wife Kept Both Thacher Island Lighthouse Towers Burning During A Fierce Snowstorm in Massachusetts Keeper Alexander Bray Assigned to Thacher Island Twin Lights Thacher Island is a mile from the mainland, near Rockport, Massachusetts. In 1864, Civil War veteran … Continue reading

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