William H. Wincapaw…The Flying Santa Claus
You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall William Wincapaw, the most famous New England Lighthouse Santa’s helper of all?
Mosquito/Ponce Inlet Lighthouse: A Sentinel for Sea and Air
It really wasn’t all that long after the Wright Brothers’ flights in Kitty Hawk air, that the 1887 Mosquito/Ponce Inlet Lighthouse was recognized as an important navigational landmark, not only for coastal water navigation, but also inevitable connections with aviation.
Thanksgiving Gifts Celebrated at Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
Having the family visit the National Historic Landmark Ponce De Leon Lighthouse on Friday, Saturday or Sunday over the four-day Thanksgiving Holiday is becoming a local tradition for many. Like those others folks, why not inject into the weekend a little history, the thrill of the climb, and those incredible vistas from the top of the seventeen-story Brick Giant lighthouse tower?
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Indigenous People’s Day
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Indigenous People’s Day on November 18, 2023 will have demonstrations, crafts for kids, programs on the customs and language of the Timucua People, and the Seminole Indians Wars
A Death in the Tower
The recorded career of Joseph B. Davis with the Light-House Establishment began as a second assistant keeper at the Hillsboro Lighthouse, possibly as early as 1912. Davis resigned from that position in 1914, but he was soon working again as a second assistant keeper at the Mosquito (Ponce) Inlet Light Station, where he served from 1914-1916.
Ianthe Bond Hebel – 1884-1974 – A Ponce Park Teacher
Why did this soft-spoken girl who was extremely reserved, with few friends and who herself had not yet graduated from high school, venture to remote Ponce Park to take charge of twelve children as her first teaching assignment? This is certainly inspiration for researching her life.
