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Journal of Light-house Station a Cape Foulweather Oregon
1893
June 21: Fresh and moderate breeze N. W. these 24 hours with clear fine and warm weather - Sea very smooth - Keeper working in garden - 2nd asst working on the road today - Mr. Rice 1st asst went to Newport to get some medicine for his eye.
22: Light N. West wind little damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport to take the mail & get supplies - Left the station at 9:30 A.M. - Had seven visitors today.
23: Light variable winds these 24 hours first part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper returned to the station at 11 A.M.
24: Light N. West to S. East wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds and calm with fair weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - 2nd asst showing four visitors in the tower - 1st asst working in the garden & went fishing - Keeper working on the annual & quarterly returns - Also went fishing today - Keeper [cooking ???] up the hay in yard.
25: Light variable winds and calm these 24 hours first part of 24 hours light rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - General duties for the day - Keeper and 1st asst putting hay in barn - Had three visitors today.
26: Light variable winds and calm first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze N. West with fair weather during 24 hours - Sea very smooth - General duties for day - Keeper working on annual & quarterly reports - 1st asst went fishing - 2nd asst went to Newport.
27: Light variable winds & calm first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze N. West clear fine and warm weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport on important business - 2nd asst went fishing - Also getting stove wood into his celler - Mr. John Fitzpatrick hauling wood for 2nd asst keeper.
28: Light N. West wind and calm first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate & fresh breeze N. West with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went fishing and working on annual and quarterly reports - 2nd Asst. went up north beach and getting his wood into his cellar today - 1st Asst. Edward Rice left the station at 10:30 A.M. to go to Portland again to see Doctor & get treatment again on his eye - Sighted U.S. War Steamer Monterrey N. West of Light at 3:55 going north.
29: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - Keeper went over on beach digging clams - showing 17 visitors in tower - Also working on annual returns - 2nd Asst went to Newport.
30: Moderate to fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - Keeper completed makeing out annual & quarterly & monthly returns - Also went claming & working in garden - 2nd asst getting wood in celler - Steamer Willamette Valley arrived from Sanfrancisco today.
July 1: Light N. West wind these 24 hours with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport to take the mail and get some supplies - Had two visitors today.
2: Light N. West wind these 24 hours first part of 24 hours some foggy - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 2nd Asst. and Keeper showing seven visitors in tower.
3: Light wind to moderate breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Had three visitors today - 2nd Asst went to Newport - Keeper getting the oil-house ready for the annual supply of oil.
4: Light N. West to South wind little damp first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind fair & warm weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for day - 2nd asst showed 6 visitors in tower - Keeper went to Newport to spend the fourth.
5: Light N. West to South wind first part of 24 hours with little damp weather - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds & calm fair and warm - Sea very smooth - Steamer Willamette Valley sailed for Sanfrancisco today - Had 20 visitors.
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Journal of Light-house Station at Cape Foulweather Oregon
1893
July 21: cloudy but dry and fair weather during 24 hous - Sea smooth - Keeper & 1st asst went fishing - 1st asst also working in garden & showing visitors in tower - Had seven visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport after the mail.
22: Light variable winds and calm first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind fair weather during 24 hours - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport after the mail - Had eleven visitors today - 1st asst taking covers off of coal oil boxes ready to empty.
23: Light variable winds & calm first part of 24 hours with thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze N. West with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day.
24: Moderate breeze to light wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze N. West with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Had two visitors today - Keeper emptying 200 Gallons of mineral oil from cases in two oil-butts - 2nd asst went to Newport on business - Left station at 10:30 A.M.
25: Fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with heigh fog flying most of the time - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Had 21 visitors today - Keeper & 1st asst showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst returned to the station at 10 A.M.
26: Fresh to moderate breeze N. West these 24 hours first part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Had two visitors - Keeper and 2nd asst went to Newport today.
27: Moderate to fresh breeze N.W. these 24 hours with clear fine weather during these 24 hours - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Had seven visitors today - 1st asst went to Newport today.
28: Fresh and moderate breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Had thirteen visitors today - Keeper and 2nd asst went to Newport after supplies.
29: Moderate breeze N. West to light variable winds with a little dry fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate and fresh to strong breeze N. West with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Steamer Willamette Valley arrived from Sanfrancisco - Had 5 visitors today.
30: Fresh to moderate breeze N. West with a little damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light South wind with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Had three visitors - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport today.
31: Light variable winds first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate and fresh breeze N. West with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper showing eleven visitors in tower - 1st asst went fishing.
August 1: Light South wind and calm these 24 hours first part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours cloudy but mostly fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st asst went fishing - Keeper and 2nd asst went to Newport to take the mail & get supplies.
2: Light variable winds and calm with thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate breeze N. West fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst went fishing and to Newport - Keeper & 2nd asst showing 18 visitors in tower.
3: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with fair weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went up north beach at a picknic - Had five visitors today - The barometer stands 29.96 today.
4: Moderate to fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours first part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Sea a little rough - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport - 1st & 2nd assts showing 27 visitors in tower - Steamer Willamette Valley sailed for Sanfrancisco today.
5: Moderate breeze to light N. West wind these 24 hours first part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst showing 12 visitors in tower - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport.
6: Light S. East wind & calm these 24 hours - first part of 24 hours clear fine weather - Last part of 24 hours some light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 2nd asst showing visitors in tower 1st asst went fishing - Had eleven visitors.
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Journal of Light-house Station at Cape Foulweather Oregon
1893
August 7: Light S. East to East wind and calm with light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh and strong breeze N. West clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Had 16 visitors - Keeper went to Newport today.
8: Fresh and moderate breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Had thirty six visitors today - Keeper showing visitors in the tower - 1st asst went to Newport also working in the garden - U.S. Steamer Columbine Light House tender passed this light going south at 2:30 P.M. she is laying off the entrance of Yaquina bar intending to enter and lieve annual supplies for this station.
9: Fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather during these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Had eleven visitors today - Light House Inspector Commander O. W. Farenholt arrived at this station at 9:30 A.M. - Inspected station and left for Newport at 10 A.M. - Also left annual supplies for the station - Mr McCullen hauling supplies from Newport to station - 1st asst showing visitors in tower also polishing storm pane clamps & crank for winding up plunger in lamp - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport.
10: Moderate breeze to light wind N. West first part of 24 hours with fair weather - Last part of 24 hours moderate fresh and strong breeze N. West some fog but mostly fair weather - Sea smooth - Keeper & 2nd asst cleaning the dust out of the ventilators in lantern - painting step ladders - Laying coal oil cases in barn - 1st asst polishing storm pane clamps also working his garden - Had twenty six visitors today - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Keeper taking account of supplies on hand at date of making delivery of annual supplies - Mr. McCullen hauling supplies.
11: Fresh to moderate breeze N. West thick damp fog these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Mr. McCullen and Mr Oliver hauling supplies today - Had five visitors - Keeper cleaning out lockers in oil-room and cleaning oil butts ready to paint them.
12: Light N. West to S. East wind these 24 hours first part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport to see about some hay - 1st asst slaking line and showing visitors in the tower - Had seven visitors today - Mr. Jack McCullen completed hauling annual supplies today.
13: Light S. East wind & calm these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick fog & rain showers - Last part of 24 hours clear fine & warm - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport and borrowed a wagon to haul hay - Had six visitors - 1st asst went fishing - U.S. Light-House tender Columbine passed this light at 7 P.M. going north to Astoria.
14: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Keeper and 2nd asst painting oil-butts and showing visitors in tower - 1st asst went fishing - Had thirty nine visitors today.
15: Light N. West wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze N.W. with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport - 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Had twenty eight visitors.
16: Light N. West to South wind with thick damp fog most of 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 2nd asst went to Newport to take a beef - 1st asst went fishing and showed twelve visitors in tower - Keeper painting oil-butts green.
17: Light South wind thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours cloudy and a little scattering fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport - 1st asst went fishing - Had twenty six visitors today.
18: Light South and variable winds & calm these 24 hours with fair and warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Had fourteen visitors today - Keeper and 1st asst went fishing - Keeper and 2nd Asst showing visitors in tower.
19: Light variable winds and calm these 24 hours with cloudy but fine dry & warm weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the
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Journal of Light-house Station at Cape Foulweather Oregon
1893
August 19: Had twenty six visitors today - 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Also went fishing - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport and hauled some hay.
20: Light variable winds and calm first part of 24 hours - Cloudy but dry & warm - Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind clear fine weather - Sea smooth - Had nine visitors - Keeper & 2nd asst hauling hay from Newport to station - 1st asst went fishing.
21: Light N. West to South wind these 24 hours with cloudy but dry weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - 1st asst went fishing and hoisting hay in barn - Keeper & 2nd asst hauling hay from Newport to Cape - Had ten visitors today.
22: Light South wind with thick fog showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fair & warm weather - Sea suite rough - General duties for the day - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport - Had 16 visitors - 1st asst showing visitors in the tower.
23: Moderate to fresh breeze N. W. these 24 hours first part of 24 hours fair weather - Last part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Had twenty three visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport - Steamer Willamette Vally sailed for Sanfrancisco today.
24: Fresh breeze to gale N. West these 24 hours with fair weather during 24 hours - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - 1st asst showing visitors in tower - Had twenty one visitors - Keeper and 2nd asst went to Newport today.
25: Fresh to stong breeze N. West these 24 hours with fair weather during 24 hours - Sea a little rough - General duties for the day - Had fourteen visitors - 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Keeper digging potatoes - 1st asst went to Newport today.
26: Fresh to moderate breeze N. West these 24 hours with fair warm & smooky weather - Sea moderately smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper showing visitors in tower - Keeper & 1st asst working in garden - 1st asst also went fishing - Had thirty five visitors today.
27: Light S. East to South wind with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Sea quite rough - General duties for the day - Keeper went to Newport today - Had twelve visitors today - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower - 1st asst went fishing today - U.S. Steamer Manzanita passed by this light going north or south dont know which as it was very thick fog at the time - Manzanita passed the cape at 3:30 P.M. blew her whistle and 2nd asst hoisted the flag at the station.
28: Light S. and variable winds first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Sea quite smooth - General duties for the day - Had twenty six visitors today - 1st asst went fishing and showing visitors in tower - 2nd asst also showing visitors in tower - Steamer Manzanita crossed Yaquina Bay bar at 11:30 A.M. going into Newport.
29: Light wind to moderate and fresh breeze N. West these 24 hours with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Had seven visitors today - 2nd asst showing visitors in tower - Keeper digging potatoes - 1st asst went fishing and to Newport today.
30: Moderate breeze N. West with thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fog lifted but quite smooky - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper went over to Newport and brought Lieut Blish Asst Inspector of lights for the 13th District to see the station - 2nd asst went to Newport this morning and also went over this afternoon to take Lieut Blish back to Newport - Had 14 visitors today.
31: Light S. East to South wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keepers putting 200 gallons of mineral oil in oil-room - 1st asst went fishing - Had sixteen visitors - Keeper repairing lock on tower door.
Sept 1: Light South wind with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper and 2nd asst went to Newport to take mail - Had six visitors - U.S. Steamer Manzanita left Newport for the north at 11:30 A.M. to try and get a whistling buoy off of the beach at Nestugaah bay - Ste Manzanita probably passed the cape at 12 noon but 1st asst did not see her pass.
2: Light South to variable winds and calm these 24 hours first part of 24 hours cloudy but dry weather - Last part of 24 hours clear fine and warm weather - Sea very smooth - General duties for the day - Keepers showing visitors in tower - Had 20 visitors - 1st Asst went fishing - 2nd Asst went cathering.
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Journal of Light-house Station at Cape Foulweather Oregon
1893
September 3: Calm & light variable winds first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate to fresh breeze N. West with fair weather but considerable smook - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keeper & 1st asst went fishing - Steamer Willamette Valley sailed for Sanfrancisco today.
4: Light variable winds first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light south wind with thick fog and smooth during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst digging potatoes & went fishing - Had 4 visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport today.
5: Light variable wind & calm first part of 24 hours with some fog smook cloudy but dry weather - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze N. West fog & smook - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst getting his crop of potates in - Keeper went fishing also 1st asst - 2nd asst also digging potatoes - Had two visitors today.
6: Light S. wind and calm with thick damp fog during 24 hours - Sea smooth - Had four visitors today - Keeper and first asst went fishing today - General duties for the day - The barometer stands 29.64 at 3 P.M.
7: Light wind to moderate & fresh breeze South these 24 hours with thick damp fog & light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours rain showers - Sea quite smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst went to Newport - Had one visitor.
8: Strong to fresh and moderate breeze South with frequent rain showers during first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours fair weather with moderate breeze S - Sea quite smooth - General duties for day - Had eleven visitors - Keeper & 2nd asst went to Newport.
9: Light S. East & East wind first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours moderate breeze S. East to South cloudy but dry during 24 hours - Sea quite smooth - General duties for day - Had 8 visitors - 1st asst putting dressing on garden & went fishing - 2nd asst went to Newport.
10: Fresh to moderate breeze East to S. East and South with rain first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light South wind fair weather - Sea quite smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst went fishing - Steamer Willamette Valley arrived & went into Yaquina from Sanfrancisco.
11: Light S. to S. East & East wind first part of 24 hours cloudy but dry weather - Last part of 24 hours light variable winds with light rain showers - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Keepers went fishing - Keeper & 2nd asst hanging outside storm door - 1st asst went to Newport after the mail.
12: Light variable winds & calm with light rain showers first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind clear fine weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 1st asst went fishing and working in garden - 2nd asst making an organ box - Keeper went to Newport.
13: Light variable winds first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind with clear fine weather during 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Steamer Willamette Valley sailed for Sanfrancisco today - 1st asst went fishing and working in garden.
14: Moderate breeze to light N. West wind with heigh dry fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours light wind to moderate & fresh breeze N. West thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Had no visitor today - Keeper went to Newport to see if would get a letter from Inspector about going on leave of absence - 1st Asst went fishing and putting dressing on garden.
15: Moderate breeze to light N. W. wind with light fog first part of 24 hours - last part of 24 hours light to moderate and dry - Keeper Frank M. Plummer went to Chicago on a sixty days leave of absence - 2nd Asst I. L. Smith went to Newport for the mail at 10 A. M. and returned at 3 P.M. - Sea smooth - 1st Asst working in garden - had 4 visitors.
16: Light north west breeze dry to damp fog first part of 24 hours - last part of 24 hours light North West breeze with damp fog - First asst went to Newport for the mail at 2 P.M. and returned 7:16 P. M. - Sea smooth - no visitors. - Mrs G. L. Smith went on duty tonight.
17: Light North West to South East breeze for these twenty four hours first part of 24 hours - light N. W. to S. E. breeze with light fog last part of twenty four hours - light south East to North West breeze with light fog to dry - sea rough.
18: Light North West breeze to moderate South East wind first part of 24 hours - last part of twenty four hours moderate South East wind with rain - General duties for the day - 1st Asst cleaning burner - Sea smooth