This little cutie was built in response to the shipwrecks during the Gold Rush era between 1896 and 1899.
Supplementary Nuggets of Gold:
- “Eldred Rock Lighthouse: Alaska’s Maritime Beacon,” Alaska Historical Society.
- “Shipwrecks and Lighthouses: The Story of Clara Nevada,” Gold Rush Tales.
- “Marine Life Around Eldred Rock,” Alaska Oceanographic Institute.
- “The Life and Trials of Lighthouse Keepers,” Lighthouse Keepers Association.
- “Conserving Alaska’s Lighthouses: The Eldred Rock Case,” National Trust for Historic Preservation.