During the brief passing showers this Saturday, you could spend some time inside a museum, like a lighthouse keeper’s residence and see the desk where the light keeper recorded the entries for the day.
Light Keeper’s Desk
Picture of the Day for August 9, 2021
It is always interesting to see the different staircases inside lighthouse towers. The metal tight spiral is common and I rather have them inside than on the outside of the tower. As I was coming back down this staircase, a tour schooner was passing by the lighthouse and fired off a cannon. It was a good thing that I didn’t jump too high and fall down the spiral stairs.
Lighthouse Spiral Staircase
Picture of the Day for July 7, 2021
The second keeper at the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse for 35 years was Civil war veteran Captain William Duclon who lived there with his wife, Julia, and seven sons. She wanted to give her children a musical education and taught her sons how to play the Rosewood piano which William paid a month’s pay for it. The boys formed their own band and were favorite entertainers in the area. They would take the piano with them by removing the legs to get it out of the lighthouse.
Traveling Lighthouse Piano
Picture of the Day for June 24, 2021
The second lighthouse keeper to take charge of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse in Door County was William Duclon. William, his wife Julia and seven sons moved there in 1883 and the sons shared this bedroom on the top floor of the lighthouse. The boys helped with the chores, including the daily trek down to the lake to fetch buckets of water and carrying the full buckets up the 77 steps. There is also a rumored story that the last boy up in the morning had to empty the bedroom chamber pot.
Lighthouse Bedroom
