Miscellaneous

When: 14-28 June 2008 Where: St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum Instructors: Dr. David Switzer, professor emeritus PSU; Chuck Meide, Director, LAMP; Dr. Sam Turner, Director of Archaeology, LAMP LAMP, in conjunction with Plymouth State University, will be hosting a maritime archaeological field school practicum from 15-28 June 2008. Three undergraduate-level credit hours are available through PSU. Fieldwork will focus on a 19th century shipwreck offshore St. Augustine but will also include a variety of research [...]

As the summer camp counselors, we are discovering the world of blogging so that we can let the families of our summer campers know what our campers did everyday. So here goes our first entry. My name is Erin Wilson, I’m the head camp counselor for Days of Discovery. After being out of high school for six years, I’ve just graduated from Flagler College and I am looking forward to a fun filled summer of [...]

Lecturer: LAMP Director Chuck Meide Lecture Title: Shipwreck Archaeology in America's Oldest Port Program: One of many lectures making up the "Unearthing First America" Symposium When: 29 May 2008, 2:00-3:00 pm Where: Ringhaver Student Center Auditorium, Flagler College campus, St. Augustine Free and open to the public! The Unearthing First America Symposium (28-30 May 2008) is hosted by Flagler College, the Florida Public Archaeology Network, LAMP and the Lighthouse, and the Florida Humanities Council.

In case you missed it, here is the 16th Annual Lighthouse Festival in pictures. Press the speaker button at the bottom to hear a little music while you check out the action. Free MySpace slideshows, photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

What: 2008 Northeast Florida Symposium on Maritime Archaeology When: 12 to 15 March 2008 Where: St. Augustine, Florida, at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM-NERR) Education Center, also at the St. Augustine Lighthouse on 15 March Click here to visit the 2008 Symposium webpage, with more info including full program The Symposium includes three days of presentations at the GTM-NERR Education Center by invited speakers covering a host of topics including prehistoric [...]

Free MySpace slideshows, photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com From the late 19th to the early 20th century the area known as LH park began to see many changes. 1887, the Sloop Dream Goes Aground and keepers' rescue all nine passengers; 1888, Two brick summer kitchens are added to replace the wooden kinds and tim roofing replaces the shingles on the oil house connected to the tower. 1889, In April Head Keeper Major William Harn [...]

The following is written on a New England Lighthouse web site. http://lighthouse.cc/boston/history.html History – page one Boston lighthouse) holds a place of honor among our nation’s beacons. This was the first light station established on the North American continent, and the last in the United States to be automated. It’s also our only light station that still retains an official keeper. Because Boston Light was destroyed in the Revolution and rebuilt in 1783, the tower [...]

One of our fabulous Educator's posted this on our internal home page. It's a look at the comments left in our "keeper's log inside the lighthouse tower." Thought I'd share it good and bad. 9/7 - Friday Words of encouragement: "Don't be afraid of heights" (editor's note: Very sound advice) 9/8 - Saturday Guests were quick to assess the weather on rainy days... "It stinks" "Lousy." "Rain, rain, rain"...followed by more..."rain, rain, rain" But when [...]

Two weeks ago Darlene Humphreys, who works at the St. Augustine Lighthouse, asked me about huge tree frogs climbing up the walls of her home and coming to rest on the outside of the windows every night. I asked Darlene and her husband, Jay, to take pictures so I could identify these frogs. Two days later they sent several pictures via e-mail. In one picture Jay placed his hand beside a frog on the window [...]

Pretty Close. What's happening to Black Bear's in the Smokey's? Well, their numbers are recovering in the National Parks and National Forests around my home town. We recently had a terrific time camping there with our family. We tent camp. It was loads of fun. We aren't those tourists that run after bears. Bear's are majestic in their natural habitat and we feel lucky and blessed to have seen them. But the encounters also left [...]