Pigeon Point Lighthouse is perched on a cliff in Pescadero. Shipwrecks routinely occurred there in the 1800s and early 1900s. Photo by Devin Roberts. A lighthouse that has stood sentinel over San ...
Sep. 15—MANCHESTER — It was about 2 a.m., Dec. 29, 1929, in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, when the Black Duck, a rum-running vessel, attempted to smuggle its load into port for the upcoming New Year's ...