The bell house at the lighthouse was largely destroyed in a January storm. It was struck by waves breaking over 20 feet and wind gusts of 79 mph, according to Shelley Gallagher, beach manager for ...

Amy Chase, the Director of the Bolivar Point Lighthouse Foundation, loves sharing its history. "We love hearing the stories.

“All we need is one storm and it’s wiped out,” she said. She said all the money raised on the day of MusicFest has gone toward restoration of the lighthouse. Setchell said she’s proud of ...

The lighthouse has since been renamed for her ... while her father was away during a dire winter storm in 1856. She's been the subject of plays, children's books. A U.S. Coast Guard ship was ...

Today, the lighthouse has survived the shoreline's devastation by many a hurricane (Hurricane Katrina's storm surge waters covered a third of the 64-foot-tall lighthouse) and stands as a symbol of ...